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CAPRIFIG
Definition of CAPRIFIG
noun
A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin caprifīcus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPRIFIG · 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.
CAPRIFIG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPRIFIG starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACFGIIPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CAPRIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found CAPRIFIG?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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