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CEREMONY
Definition of CEREMONY
noun
A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cerymonye, from Latin caerimonia or caeremonia, later often cerimonia (“sacredness, reverence, a sacred rite”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CEREMONY · 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.
CEREMONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CEREMONY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEMNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CEREMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CEREMONY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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