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CYMOSE
Definition of CYMOSE
adjective
having a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
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Where it comes from
From the Latin cȳmōsus, from cȳma, whence the English cyma.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
CYMOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CYMOSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEMOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CYMOSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CYMOSE?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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