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CRIMINOUS
Definition of CRIMINOUS
adjective
criminal
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English crymynous, from Latin crīminōsus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRIMINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRIMINOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIIMNORSU - 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.
Could you have found CRIMINOUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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