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CARNIVAL
Definition of CARNIVAL
noun
Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, possibly from the Latin phrase carnem levāmen (“meat dismissal”). Other scholars suggest Latin carnuālia (“meat-based country feast”) or carrus nāvālis (“boat wagon; float”) instead. Doublet of carnaval.
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.
CARNIVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 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 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARNIVAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CARNIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CARNIVAL?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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