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CRIMINAL
Definition of CRIMINAL
adjective
Against the law; forbidden by law.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).
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.
CRIMINAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CRIMINAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACIILMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CRIMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found CRIMINAL?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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