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CREDENZA
Definition of CREDENZA
noun
A sideboard or buffet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian credenza. Doublet of credence.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,346)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CREDENZA · 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.
CREDENZA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CREDENZA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACDEENRZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CREDEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CREDENZA?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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