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CARYATID
Definition of CARYATID
noun
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
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Other senses
CARYATID carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure.
noun
pl. caryatids, caryatides (-idz, -i-dēz). In architecture, a figure of a woman dressed in long robes, serving as a column to support an entablature or to fill any other office of a column.
Pertaining to or of the form of a caryatid; caryatic.
noun
A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
Where it comes from
From Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Ancient Greek Καρυάτιδες (Karuátides), plural of Καρυᾶτις (Karuâtis, “a priestess of Artemis, female figures used as bearing-shafts”), from καρυατίζω (karuatízō, “dance the Karyatid festival dance”) from Καρύαι (Karúai, “a town in Laconia with a temple of Artemis and a festival”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARYATID · 3 relatives 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.
CARYATID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 130 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARYATID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDIRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CARYAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
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