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CARNS
Definition of CARNS
noun
plural of carn
CAIRN · via carn
noun
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
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Word DNA
CARNS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAIRN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, CAIRN · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Welsh.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
CARNS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CARNS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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