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CAPRICE
Definition of CAPRICE
noun
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,377)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPRICE · 1 relative 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.
CAPRICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CAPRICE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CAPRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPRICE?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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