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CARDON
Definition of CARDON
noun
Any of several large columnar cacti mostly of the genus Cereus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish cardón, from from Late Latin cardōnem, from Latin cardus, alternative form of carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of cardoon and chard.
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.
CARDON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 66, 25 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CARDON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CARDON?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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