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CREEL
Definition of CREEL
noun
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Northern Middle English crele, possibly from an Old French root *creille, variant of greille (compare French grille), from Latin crāticula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CREEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CREEL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CEELR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CREEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CREEL?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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