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CEPHALOPOD
Definition of CEPHALOPOD
noun
Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
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Where it comes from
From French céphalopode, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + ποδός (podós), genitive singular of πούς (poús, “foot, leg”). By surface analysis, cephalo- + -pod.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CEPHALOPOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CEPHALOPOD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHLOOPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start CEPHAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CEPHALOPOD?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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