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CAPTURE
Definition of CAPTURE
noun
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAPTURE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAPTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CAPTURE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEPRTU - 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 CAPTUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CAPTURE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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