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CRIMINALS
Definition of CRIMINALS
noun
plural of criminal
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Word DNA
CRIMINALS inherits its ancestry from its root, CRIMINAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRIMINAL · 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.
CRIMINALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CRIMINALS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIILMNRS - 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 7
Could you have found CRIMINALS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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