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CENTER
Definition of CENTER
noun
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CENT · 3 relatives 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.
CENTER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CENTER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEENRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 CENTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found CENTER?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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