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CARDIA
Definition of CARDIA
noun
The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart and possibly of core.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,854)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARDIA · 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.
CARDIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARDIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CARDIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARDIA?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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