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CARNAVAL
Definition of CARNAVAL
noun
One of various large carnivals held before the beginning of Lent, especially in Latin America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish carnaval, Portuguese carnaval. Doublet of carnival.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (278)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARNAVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARNAVAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAACLNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found CARNAVAL?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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