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CENSORING
Definition of CENSORING
verb
present participle and gerund of censor
noun
One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
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Word DNA
CENSORING inherits its ancestry from its root, CENSOR.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CENSOR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English, Proto-Indo-European, Sanskrit.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CENSORING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CENSORING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGINNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CENSOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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