The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CANTERBURY
Definition of CANTERBURY
noun
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.
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Where it comes from
From Canterbury in Kent, England.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANTERBURY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANTERBURY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCENRRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start CANTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANTERBURY?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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