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CARAFE
Definition of CARAFE
noun
A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested 1786, from French carafe, from Italian caraffa, probably from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”). Doublet of carboy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARAFE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARAFE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEFR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CARAFE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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