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CINEMATOGRAPHY
Definition of CINEMATOGRAPHY
noun
The art, process, or job of filming movies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cinematograph + -y. Compare French cinématographie. Possibly analysable as cinemato- + -graphy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CINEMATOGRAPHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CINEMATOGRAPHY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACEGHIMNOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CINEMATOGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found CINEMATOGRAPHY?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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