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CONTRAILS
Definition of CONTRAILS
noun
plural of contrail
noun
An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
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Word DNA
CONTRAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, CONTRAIL.
How it is built
Same root, CONTRAIL · 2 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.
CONTRAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTRAILS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 CONTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CONTRAILS?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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