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CANTHAL
Definition of CANTHAL
noun
Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.
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Where it comes from
From canthus + -al. By surface analysis, canth- + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANTHAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CANTHAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACHLNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CANTHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found CANTHAL?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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