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CARMINE
Definition of CARMINE
noun
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French carmin, from irregular Medieval Latin carminium, itself from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “crimson, kermes”) from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), plus or with influence from Latin minium. Compare crimson and kermes.
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.
CARMINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARMINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CARMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CARMINE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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