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CENTRES
Definition of CENTRES
noun
plural of centre
noun
Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
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Word DNA
CENTRES inherits its ancestry from its root, CENTRE.
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 (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CENTRE · 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.
CENTRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CENTRES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEENRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 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 55
Could you have found CENTRES?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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