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CARYATIDES
Definition of CARYATIDES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
CARYATIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, CARYATID.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% 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.
CARYATIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CARYATIDES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIRSTY - 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.
Could you have found CARYATIDES?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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