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CANYON
Definition of CANYON
noun
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon.
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.
CANYON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANYON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACNNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start CANYON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANYON?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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