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CAPTIOUS
Definition of CAPTIOUS
adjective
That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English capcious, from Middle French captieux, or its source, Latin captiōsus, from captiō.
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.
CAPTIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CAPTIOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CAPTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found CAPTIOUS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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