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CRINGLED
Definition of CRINGLED
verb
simple past and past participle of cringle
noun
A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRINGLE · 2 relatives 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.
CRINGLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRINGLED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEGILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CRINGLED?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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