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CENTRE
Definition of CENTRE
noun
Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
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).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CENTRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 35, 24 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CENTRE starts with C and ends with E. 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 CENTRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CENTRE?
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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