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CLARAIN
Definition of CLARAIN
noun
A form of coal having stratifications parallel to the bedding plane.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin clārus + French -ain (“-ane”), after fusain. Coined by British birth control campaigner and paleontologist Marie Stopes in 1918.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,108)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLARAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLARAIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLARAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLARAIN?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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