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CAPABLE
Definition of CAPABLE
adjective
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis.
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.
CAPABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPABLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCELP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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 CAPABL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPABLE?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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