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CENTRAL
Definition of CENTRAL
adjective
Being in the centre.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron); by surface analysis, centre + -al.
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 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CENTRAL · 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.
CENTRAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CENTRAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACELNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CENTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found CENTRAL?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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