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CRETIC
Definition of CRETIC
adjective
Using or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second of which is unstressed.
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Where it comes from
From Latin creticus, "of Crete, Cretan", from Latin Creta, "Crete".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRETIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCEIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CRETIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRETIC?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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