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CAPO
Definition of CAPO
noun
A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortening of capotasto, from Italian.
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.
CAPO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPO starts with C and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 CAPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CAPO?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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