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CRANKINESS
Definition of CRANKINESS
noun
The state of being cranky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cranky + -ness.
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.
CRANKINESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRANKINESS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIKNNRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CRANKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRANKINESS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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