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CICERO
Definition of CICERO
noun
The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
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Where it comes from
From its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's Roman edition (1467) of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CICERO · 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.
CICERO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CICERO starts with C and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CCEIOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CICERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CICERO?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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