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CICERONI

/ˌt͡ʃɪt͡ʃəˈɹəʊni/8 letters

Definition of CICERONI

noun

plural of cicerone

CICERONE

noun

A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.

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Word DNA

CICERONI inherits its ancestry from its root, CICERONE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. Italian
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (12,153)

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-one

Same root, CICERONE · 1 relative in the game

CICERONE

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

CICERONI in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
35
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.

First ever to find it

hazelshadePATRON

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CICERONI
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CICERONI starts with C and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read CCEIINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.

Words that start CICERO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CICEROCICEROSCICERONECICERONEDCICERONESCICERONEING

Could you have found CICERONI?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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