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CITHARA
Definition of CITHARA
noun
An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cither, guitar, kithara, kissar, and zither.
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.
CITHARA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CITHARA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACHIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CITHAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found CITHARA?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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