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CAPITANO
Definition of CAPITANO
noun
A head man.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian capitano. Doublet of captain and chieftain.
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.
CAPITANO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPITANO starts with C and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AACINOPT - 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 CAPITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found CAPITANO?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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