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CAROMINGS
Definition of CAROMINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for CAROMINGS itself. This is its base word, CAROM.
noun
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CAROM.
Probably derived from French carambole (the red ball in billiards).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,125)
branch · 12.9% 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.
CAROMINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAROMINGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGIMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CAROMINGS?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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