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CRANIOLOGY
Definition of CRANIOLOGY
noun
The study of the physical characteristics of the human skull.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cranio- + -logy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRANIOLOGY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRANIOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRANIOLOGY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACGILNOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CRANIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRANIOLOGY?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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