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CENTAURY
Definition of CENTAURY
noun
Any of the flowering plants in or formerly in the genus Centaurium. Centaurium, sensu stricto Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
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Where it comes from
From Middle English centaure, from Old English centaurie, from Medieval Latin centaurēa, centauria, from Latin centaurēum, centaurion, from Ancient Greek κενταύρειον (kentaúreion, “several plants related to Centaurea”), from κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”) (due to the mythological discovery of its medicinal properties by Chiron the Centaur). Doublet of centaurea.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CENTAURY · 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.
CENTAURY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CENTAURY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACENRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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.
Could you have found CENTAURY?
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