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CAPON
Definition of CAPON
noun
A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English capoun, from Old English capūn, from Old Northern French capon (Old French chapon), from Latin cāpō, cāpōnem (Vulgar Latin *cappō).
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.
CAPON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
CAPON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAPON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CAPON?
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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