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CNIDAE
Definition of CNIDAE
noun
plural of cnida
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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.
CNIDAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
bigskygal17SUPPORTERContributor
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CNIDAE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CNIDAE?
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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