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CRINOLINES
Definition of CRINOLINES
noun
plural of crinoline
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Word DNA
CRINOLINES inherits its ancestry from its root, CRINOLINE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,056)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRINOLINE · 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.
CRINOLINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CRINOLINES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIILNNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start CRINOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRINOLINES?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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