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CONTAINER
Definition of CONTAINER
noun
Someone who contains; something that contains. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English conteiner, equivalent to contain + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,155)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONTAIN · 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.
CONTAINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CONTAINER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEINNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N 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 CONTAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTAINER?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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