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CENOTAPH
Definition of CENOTAPH
noun
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French cénotaphe, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis ceno- + -taph.
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.
CENOTAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 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 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CENOTAPH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEHNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CENOTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CENOTAPH?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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