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CAPLIN
Definition of CAPLIN
noun
Alternative form of capelin.
noun
A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
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Word DNA
CAPLIN inherits its ancestry from its root, CAPELIN.
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 (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPELIN · 4 relatives 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.
CAPLIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPLIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACILNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CAPLIN?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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