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CARPOOLING
Definition of CARPOOLING
verb
present participle and gerund of carpool
noun
An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.
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Word DNA
CARPOOLING inherits its ancestry from its root, CARPOOL.
How it is built
Same root, CARPOOL · 3 relatives 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.
CARPOOLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARPOOLING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGILNOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CARPOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARPOOLING?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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