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CRITH
Definition of CRITH
noun
the weight of 1 litre of hydrogen at standard temperature and pressure. Equal to approximately 0.09 grams.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, “barley corn, a small weight”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRITH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRITH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRITH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRITH?
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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