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CARANGIDS
Definition of CARANGIDS
noun
plural of carangid
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Word DNA
CARANGIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, CARANGID.
How it is built
Same root, CARANGID · 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.
CARANGIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CARANGIDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDGINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CARANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found CARANGIDS?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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