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CARINAL
Definition of CARINAL
adjective
Relating to a carina
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From carina + -al.
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.
CARINAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CARINAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILNR - 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 CARINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARINAL?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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