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CREPITATING
Definition of CREPITATING
verb
present participle and gerund of crepitate
verb
To crackle, to make a crackling sound. to crackle, as crepitant lungs do, as some arthritic joints may do, or as some fractured bones may do. to flatulate.
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Word DNA
CREPITATING inherits its ancestry from its root, CREPITATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CREPITATE · 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.
CREPITATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CREPITATING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGIINPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start CREPITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CREPITATING?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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