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CENOTAPHS
Definition of CENOTAPHS
noun
plural 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.
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Another sense
CENOTAPHS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of cenotaph.
Word DNA
CENOTAPHS inherits its ancestry from its root, CENOTAPH.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CENOTAPH · 1 relative in the game
CENOTAPHS in a sentence
“What is revered by the worshipers is only cenotaphs, constructed only a little while ago.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CENOTAPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CENOTAPHS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CENOTAPHS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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