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CACKLING
Definition of CACKLING
adjective
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Word DNA
CACKLING inherits its ancestry from its root, CACKLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,720)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CACKLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CACKLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CACKLING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACCGIKLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C 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 CACKLING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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