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CREDULOUS

/ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/9 letters

Definition of CREDULOUS

adjective

Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Originated in 1576, borrowed from Latin crēdulus (“that easily believes a thing, credulous”), from crēdō (“to believe”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CREDULOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 15 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
31
First board
101
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

unbeliever

on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CREDULOUS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CREDULOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDELORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start CREDUL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CREDULITYCREDULITIESCREDULOUSLYCREDULOUSNESSCREDULOUSNESSES

Could you have found CREDULOUS?

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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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