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CRINITE

/ˈkɹaɪnaɪt/7 letters

Definition of CRINITE

adjective

Having the appearance of a tuft of hair.

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Where it comes from

From Latin crīnītus.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,696)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, CRINITE · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CRINITE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 148
Its 3 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
72
First board
139
Latest board
57
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

twilightbanana

on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CRINITE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CRINITE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start CRINIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CRINITE?

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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