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CARNATION
Definition of CARNATION
noun
A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers. originally, Dianthus caryophyllus other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
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Where it comes from
From Middle French carnation (“flesh color, complexion”), either via Italian carnagione (“flesh color”) or directly from Late Latin carnātiō (“fleshiness”), from Latin carō (“flesh, meat”) + ātiō (“-ation”). As a flower and its color, possibly instead from corruption in French of coronation (“crowning, crowned thing”) under the influence of carnation, from the flower's supposed resemblance to a crown. By surface analysis, Latin carn- + -ate + -ion.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARNATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 119 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARNATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACINNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Words that start CARNAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found CARNATION?
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