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CRIES
Definition of CRIES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of cry
CRY
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Cori.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRIE · 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.
CRIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRIES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found CRIES?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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