The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CRENELLATION
Definition of CRENELLATION
noun
A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crenellate + -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *crēnella, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRENELLATION · 3 relatives 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.
CRENELLATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRENELLATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILLNNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, N and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CRENELLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRENELLATION?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER