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CAPELIN
Definition of CAPELIN
noun
A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French capelan, from Provençal and Old Occitan capelan, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”). Doublet of chaplain.
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.
CAPELIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPELIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CAPELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found CAPELIN?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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