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CIENEGA
Definition of CIENEGA
noun
A marshy spring where groundwater comes to the surface, often from a hillside.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish ciénega (“marsh, swamp”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (950)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CIENEGA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIENEGA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found CIENEGA?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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