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CANOPY
Definition of CANOPY
noun
A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English canapy, canepie, canapee, canape, canope, from Old French conopé, Medieval Latin canapeum, canopeum, from Latin cōnōpēum (“mosquito net, canopy”), from Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon, “mosquito net”), from Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”), of uncertain origin. More at Ancient Greek κώνωψ (kṓnōps). Doublet of canapé and conopeum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANOPY · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANOPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 111 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CANOPY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CANOPY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANOPY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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