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CARNAL
Definition of CARNAL
adjective
Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English carnal, from Old French charnel, from Late Latin carnālis (“fleshy”), from oblique stem of Latin carō, carnis (“meat, flesh”) + -ālis (whence -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.
CARNAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CARNAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CARNAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CARNAL?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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