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CRETINOUS
Definition of CRETINOUS
adjective
Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CRETINOUS carries 3 further meanings.
Relating to cretinism or to a cretin.
adjective
Having the characteristics of a cretin.
adjective
afflicted with cretinism
Where it comes from
From cretin + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
CRETINOUS in a sentence
“Mr. McBride, on the other hand, is fast wearing out his welcome with a character type who, with a deep-fried accent and a pudd'nhead, could be called the cretinous cracker.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRETINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 206 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRETINOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEINORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRETIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CRETINOUS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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