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CANTERING
Definition of CANTERING
verb
present participle and gerund 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
CANTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, CANTER.
How it is built
Same root, CANTER · 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.
CANTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANTERING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGINNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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.
Could you have found CANTERING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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