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CEPHALAD
Definition of CEPHALAD
adverb
Towards the head (or anterior extremity), a direction that in humans corresponds to superior.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cephal- + -ad.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CEPHALAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CEPHALAD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEHLP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CEPHAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CEPHALAD?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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