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CATHEDRA
Definition of CATHEDRA
noun
The chair or throne of a bishop.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Doublet of chair and chaise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CATHEDRA · 1 relative 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.
CATHEDRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CATHEDRA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CATHED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found CATHEDRA?
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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