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CAPACITY
Definition of CAPACITY
noun
The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās (whence -acity), from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPACITY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 41 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 67 days.
First found by a player on Day 111, 8 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CAPACITY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACCIPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and A appear more than once.
Words that start CAPACI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPACITY?
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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