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CAROTIDS
Definition of CAROTIDS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
CAROTIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAROTID.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAROTID · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAROTIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAROTIDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDIORST - 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 29
Could you have found CAROTIDS?
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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