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CITHERNS
Definition of CITHERNS
noun
plural of cithern
CITTERN · via cithern
noun
A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets, which is a precursor to the modern day guitar.
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Word DNA
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.
CITHERNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CITHERNS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CITHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CITHERNS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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