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CRIB
Definition of CRIB
noun
A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English crib, cribbe, from Old English crib, cryb, cribb, crybb (“couch, bed; manger, stall”), from Proto-West Germanic *kribbjā, from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to turn, twist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kräbbe, Krääb, Krääf (“crib”), West Frisian krêbe (“crib”), Dutch krib (“crib, manger”), German Krippe (“rack, crib”), Danish krybbe (“crib”), Icelandic krubba (“crib”). Doublet of crèche. The sense of ‘stealing, taking notes, plagiarize’ seems to have developed out of the verb. The criminal sense may derive from the 'basket' sense, circa the mid 18th century, in that a poacher could conceal poachings in such a basket (see the 1772 Samuel Foote quotation). The cheating sense probably derives from the criminal sense.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRIB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CRIB starts with C and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BCIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRIB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CRIB?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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