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CATHEDRALS
Definition of CATHEDRALS
noun
plural of cathedral
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Word DNA
CATHEDRALS inherits its ancestry from its root, CATHEDRAL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CATHEDRAL · 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.
CATHEDRALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CATHEDRALS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDEHLRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CATHED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CATHEDRALS?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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