The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CRENEL
Definition of CRENEL
noun
The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French crenel (> modern French créneau), diminutive of cren (“notch”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (834)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRENEL · 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.
CRENEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
CRENEL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CEELNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CRENEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CRENEL?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER