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CAMEL
Definition of CAMEL
noun
A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English camel, through Old English camel and Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal), Hebrew גמל (gamál), Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā), Coptic ϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ (čamoul). As a marine device, from Dutch. As an ethnic slur, short for camelfucker, camel jockey, etc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAMEL · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Arabic, Aramaic, Dutch, Hebrew, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAMEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CAMEL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACELM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CAMEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CAMEL?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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