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CRACKLE
Definition of CRACKLE
noun
A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English crakelen, equivalent to crack + -le (frequentative suffix). The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (134)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRACKLE · 3 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.
CRACKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRACKLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEKLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C 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 CRACKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRACKLE?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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