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CRIMINY
Definition of CRIMINY
interjection
Expressing surprise or impatience.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Either from Italian crimine (“crime”), or a minced oath from "Christ's money" (in reference to the silver that Judas was paid for betraying Jesus), or a deformation of Gemini (which was recorded as an oath from the 1660s). First attested in the 1680s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (543)
branch · 15.4% 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.
CRIMINY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRIMINY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CIIMNRY - 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 35
Could you have found CRIMINY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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