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CARRIERS
Definition of CARRIERS
noun
plural of carrier
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Word DNA
CARRIERS inherits its ancestry from its root, CARRIER.
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (281)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARRIER · 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.
CARRIERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARRIERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIRRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 CARRIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARRIERS?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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