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CARDINALITY

/kɑːdɪˈnælɪti/11 letters

Definition of CARDINALITY

noun

The number of elements a given set contains.

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Where it comes from

From cardinal + -ity.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun5 syllablescompound-ity

Same root, CARDINAL · 5 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CARDINALITY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 160
Its 19 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
38
First board
160
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.

Built from these letters

CARDINALITY
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CARDINALITY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACDIILNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.

Words that start CARDINA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CARDINALITY?

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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.

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