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CNEMIDES
Definition of CNEMIDES
noun
plural of cnemis
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Word DNA
CNEMIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, CNEMIS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CNEMIS · 1 relative 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.
CNEMIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CNEMIDES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 CNEMIDES?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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