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CANTHOOKS
Definition of CANTHOOKS
noun
plural of canthook
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANTHOOKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 63 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANTHOOKS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHKNOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CANTHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found CANTHOOKS?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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