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CEMENT
Definition of CEMENT
noun
A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CEMENT · 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.
CEMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 107 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CEMENT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CEMENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found CEMENT?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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