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CARRAGEENIN
Definition of CARRAGEENIN
noun
Alternative form of carrageenan.
CARRAGEENAN
noun
A food additive made from a purified extract of red seaweed, commonly used as a thickening agent.
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Word DNA
CARRAGEENIN inherits its ancestry from its root, CARRAGEEN.
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (342)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARRAGEEN · 6 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.
CARRAGEENIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARRAGEENIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACEEGINNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, R, E and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CARRAGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARRAGEENIN?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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