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CRINE
Definition of CRINE
verb
To wither, wilt, shrivel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots crine (“to shrivel”), from Scottish Gaelic crìon (“withered”), from Old Irish crín.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Irish
- Scottish Gaelic
- Scots
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (142)
branch · 0.8% 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.
CRINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CRINE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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