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CRAN
Definition of CRAN
noun
A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Evidently from, or at least influenced by Goidelic; compare Scottish Gaelic crann (“lot, measure of herring, tree, etc.”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRAN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Scottish Gaelic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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
CRAN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 CRAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CRAN?
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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