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CRANIUMS
Definition of CRANIUMS
noun
plural of cranium
noun
That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
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Another sense
CRANIUMS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of cranium.
Word DNA
CRANIUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CRANIUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,104)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRANIUM · 4 relatives in the game
CRANIUMS in a sentence
“Gottschall's notion that fiction presents the reader (the critic being a more skilled reader) with the opportunity to scrutinize characters as if they were real people whose "craniums" can be opened to discover "what makes them tick" is no doubt widely shared.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRANIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 152 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRANIUMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNRSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found CRANIUMS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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