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CAPITULUM
Definition of CAPITULUM
noun
A densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin capitulum. Doublet of chapiter and chapter.
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.
CAPITULUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPITULUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACILMPTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CAPITU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CAPITULUM?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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