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CRAB
Definition of CRAB
noun
Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba (“crab; crayfish; cancer”), from Proto-West Germanic *krabbō, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from *krabbōną (“to scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰeh₂yéti (“to scratch”), a metathesised o-grade of *gerbʰ- (“to carve, scratch”). More at carve. See also Dutch krab, Low German Krabb, Danish krabbe, Swedish krabba. Further cognates with frequentative-infix are Saterland Frisian krabbelje (“to creep, crawl”), Dutch krabbelen (“to scratch”) and German krabbeln (“to crawl”). Possibly related to English creep and Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”) etc. Other origins have also been suggested, see Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos) (regarding the possibility of a substrate origin) and Persian خرچنگ (regarding possible ideophonic origin); compare also Old Armenian քարբ (kʻarb), German Krebs.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRAB starts with C and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABCR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CRAB?
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