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CAIRNGORMS
Definition of CAIRNGORMS
noun
plural of cairngorm
noun
A precious stone of smoky yellow-brown or gray-brown color, used in Scottish jewellery.
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Word DNA
CAIRNGORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAIRNGORM.
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.
CAIRNGORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CAIRNGORMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGIMNORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found CAIRNGORMS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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