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CENTAUR
Definition of CENTAUR
noun
A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a member of a savage race from Thessaly”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CENTAUR · 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.
CENTAUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CENTAUR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACENRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CENTAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found CENTAUR?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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