The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CRANKCASE
Definition of CRANKCASE
noun
The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crank + case.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRANKCASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRANKCASE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACCEKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and A appear more than once.
Words that start CRANKC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRANKCASE?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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