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CATENARY
Definition of CATENARY
adjective
Relating to a chain; like a chain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin catenarius, from Latin catēna (“chain”).
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.
CATENARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CATENARY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACENRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CATENA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATENARY?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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