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CAROTID
Definition of CAROTID
noun
Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French carotide or New Latin carōtides, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) + -τῐ́δες (-tĭ́des, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.
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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.
CAROTID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 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 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAROTID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CAROTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found CAROTID?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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