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CARIADS
Definition of CARIADS
noun
plural of cariad
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Word DNA
CARIADS inherits its ancestry from its root, CARIAD.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (155)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARIAD · 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.
CARIADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARIADS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CARIADS?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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