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CENTERFOLD
Definition of CENTERFOLD
noun
The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
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Where it comes from
From center + fold.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CENTERFOLD · 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.
CENTERFOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CENTERFOLD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFLNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 CENTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CENTERFOLD?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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