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CAIRNGORM
Definition of CAIRNGORM
noun
A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
So called because found among the Cairngorms, a mountainous region in Scotland.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CAIRNGORM · 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.
CAIRNGORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAIRNGORM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACGIMNORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R 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 CAIRNGORM?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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