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CRENATED
Definition of CRENATED
adjective
crenate
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Word DNA
CRENATED inherits its ancestry from its root, CRENATE.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (326)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRENATE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRENATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRENATED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEENRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRENAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CRENATED?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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