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CANTHARUS
Definition of CANTHARUS
noun
A large drinking cup with two handles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cantharus, from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).
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.
CANTHARUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANTHARUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACHNRSTU - 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.
Could you have found CANTHARUS?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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