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CAPSID
Definition of CAPSID
noun
The outer protein shell of a virus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French capside.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPSID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPSID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CAPSID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found CAPSID?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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