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CARLES
Definition of CARLES
noun
plural of carle
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Word DNA
CARLES inherits its ancestry from its root, CARL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.6%
of traced words share this origin (917)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARL · 3 relatives 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.
CARLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARLES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CARLES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARLES?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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