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CRAWLS
Definition of CRAWLS
noun
plural of crawl
verb
To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm or insect, or on one's hands and knees, like a human baby.
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Word DNA
CRAWLS inherits its ancestry from its root, CRAWL.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,002)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRAWL · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRAWLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAWLS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACLRSW - 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.
Words that start CRAWLS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found CRAWLS?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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