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CEPHALISATION
Definition of CEPHALISATION
noun
Alternative form of cephalization.
noun
An evolutionary trend in which the neural and sense organs become centralized at one end (the head) of an animal.
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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.
CEPHALISATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CEPHALISATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACEHIILNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Could you have found CEPHALISATION?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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