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CIPHERER
Definition of CIPHERER
noun
Someone or something that ciphers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cipher + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CIPHER · 7 relatives 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.
CIPHERER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIPHERER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEHIPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start CIPHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CIPHERER?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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