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CRAGS

5 letters

Definition of CRAGS

noun

plural of crag.

CRAG

noun

A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

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Word DNA

CRAGS inherits its ancestry from its root, CRAG.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Irish
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.4%

of traced words share this origin (11,166)

How it is built

noun

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 →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

CRAGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 155
Its 40 boards, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
40
Boards found on
35
First board
150
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

sshannonm816

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CRAGS
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CRAGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGRS - 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 CRAGS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CRAGS?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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