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CINES
Definition of CINES
Wiktionary has no entry for CINES itself. This is its base word, CINE.
noun
cinefilm
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CINE.
Clipping of cinefilm, from Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to move”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CINES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CINES?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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