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CANTILE
Definition of CANTILE
verb
Alternative form of cantle.
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Word DNA
CANTILE inherits its ancestry from its root, CANTLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANTLE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANTILE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CANTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANTILE?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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