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CRAG
Definition of CRAG
noun
A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Middle Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, CRAG · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAG starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CRAG?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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