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CAMELS
Definition of CAMELS
noun
plural of camel
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Word DNA
CAMELS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAMEL.
Line of descent
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (230)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAMEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names 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.
CAMELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CAMELS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CAMELS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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