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CAPES
Definition of CAPES
noun
plural of cape
noun
A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
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Word DNA
CAPES inherits its ancestry from its root, CAPE.
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 (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CAPES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CAPES?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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