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CRATE
Definition of CRATE
noun
A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch krat (“crate, large box, basket”), from Middle Dutch cratte (“basketware, mold”), from Old Dutch *kratta, *kratto (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kratjô, *krattijô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“plaiting, wicker, basket, cradle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bind, twist, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow”), German Krätze (“basket”), Old English cræt, ceart (“cart, wagon, chariot”), Old Norse kartr (“wagon”), modern English cart. Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”). Alternatively from Latin crātis (“wickerwork”), perhaps from the same PIE root.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, CRATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Old English, Old Norse, Sanskrit.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CRATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
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