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CRESSIER

/ˈkɹɛsi/8 letters

Definition of CRESSIER

Wiktionary has no entry for CRESSIER itself. This is its base word, CRESSY.

adjective

Abounding in cresses.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for CRESSY.

From cress + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, CRESS · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CRESSIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 158
Its one board, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
153
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

aprasuhn

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CRESSIER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CRESSIER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEIRRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

CERRISES

Words that start CRESSI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CRESSIEST

Could you have found CRESSIER?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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