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CANTILEVER
Definition of CANTILEVER
noun
A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested.
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.
CANTILEVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANTILEVER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILNRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 CANTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found CANTILEVER?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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