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CODICIL
Definition of CODICIL
noun
An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French codicille, from Latin cōdicillus, diminutive of cōdex. See code.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CODICIL · 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.
CODICIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CODICIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CCDIILO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Words that start CODICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CODICIL?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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