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CANTER
Definition of CANTER
noun
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CANT · 4 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.
CANTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CANTER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACENRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CANTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found CANTER?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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