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CAPONIERES
Definition of CAPONIERES
noun
plural of caponiere
CAPONIER · via caponiere
noun
A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).
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Word DNA
CAPONIERES inherits its ancestry from its root, CAPONIER.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPONIER · 2 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.
CAPONIERES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CAPONIERES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CAPONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPONIERES?
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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