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CARNAPTIOUS
Definition of CARNAPTIOUS
adjective
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots carnaptious.
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.
CARNAPTIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARNAPTIOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACINOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found CARNAPTIOUS?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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