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CARAVAN
Definition of CARAVAN
noun
A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r, “people, subjects”). The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.
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.
CARAVAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 127, 24 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CARAVAN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAACNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CARAVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARAVAN?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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