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CAPRIOLES
Definition of CAPRIOLES
noun
plural of capriole
noun
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
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Word DNA
CAPRIOLES inherits its ancestry from its root, CAPRIOLE.
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 (1,358)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPRIOLE · 3 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.
CAPRIOLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPRIOLES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAPRIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found CAPRIOLES?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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