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CAPELINES
Definition of CAPELINES
noun
plural of capeline
CAPELINE
noun
A steel skullcap formerly worn by members of the military.
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Word DNA
CAPELINES inherits its ancestry from its root, CAPELINE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPELINE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPELINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 63 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPELINES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CAPELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPELINES?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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