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CANTERED
Definition of CANTERED
verb
simple past and past participle 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.
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Word DNA
CANTERED inherits its ancestry from its root, CANTER.
How it is built
Same root, CANTER · 1 relative 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.
CANTERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANTERED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEENRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 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 28
Could you have found CANTERED?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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