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CARROMS
Definition of CARROMS
noun
plural of carrom
CAROM · via carrom
noun
A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
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Word DNA
CARROMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CAROM.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,514)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAROM · 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.
CARROMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARROMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACMORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CARROM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARROMS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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