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CRACKLING

/ˈkɹæk(ə)lɪŋ/9 letters

Definition of CRACKLING

adjective

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Where it comes from

By surface analysis, crackle + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ing

Same root, CRACKLE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CRACKLING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 146
Its one board, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

mslucinda

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CRACKLING
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CRACKLING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACCGIKLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.

Words that start CRACKL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CRACKLECRACKLYCRACKLEDCRACKLERCRACKLESCRACKLINCRACKLERSCRACKLIERCRACKLINSCRACKLIESTCRACKLINGSCRACKLEWARE

Could you have found CRACKLING?

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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.

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