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CAPITULATION
Definition of CAPITULATION
noun
A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French capitulation; equivalent to capitulate + -ion. Derived from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, CAPITULATION · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPITULATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPITULATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACIILNOPTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, I and T appear more than once.
Words that start CAPITULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPITULATION?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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