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CERES

5 letters

Definition of CERES

noun

plural of cere

CERE

noun

A fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.

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Word DNA

CERES inherits its ancestry from its root, CERE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (24,176)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, CERE · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CERES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 160
Its 21 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
44
First board
159
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

bysmerian

on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CERES
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CERES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEERS - 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 CERES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CERESINCERESINECERESINSCERESINES

Could you have found CERES?

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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.

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