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CAPSICUMS
Definition of CAPSICUMS
noun
plural of capsicum
noun
Any of various tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.
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Word DNA
CAPSICUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAPSICUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,469)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPSICUM · 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.
CAPSICUMS 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 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPSICUMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCIMPSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and S appear more than once.
Words that start CAPSIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPSICUMS?
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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