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CRENELS
Definition of CRENELS
noun
plural of crenel
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Word DNA
CRENELS inherits its ancestry from its root, CRENEL.
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 (836)
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.
CRENELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRENELS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEELNRS - 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.
Could you have found CRENELS?
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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