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CIRCUITS
Definition of CIRCUITS
noun
plural of circuit
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Word DNA
CIRCUITS inherits its ancestry from its root, CIRCUIT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CIRCUIT · 4 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.
CIRCUITS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CIRCUITS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCIIRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Words that start CIRCUI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CIRCUITS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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