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CLARINET
Definition of CLARINET
noun
A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet), from Latin clarus. Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”), from Latin clarus.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,185)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLARINET · 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.
CLARINET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLARINET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLARIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLARINET?
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