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CRAM
Definition of CRAM
verb
To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic *krammōną, a secondary verb derived from *krimmaną (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”). Compare Old English crimman (“to cram; stuff; insert; press; bruise”), Icelandic kremja (“to squeeze; crush; bruise”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,281)
How it is built
Same root, CRAM · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
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.
CRAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRAM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACMR - 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 CRAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CRAM?
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