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CROMLECH
Definition of CROMLECH
noun
Synonym of stone circle (“a prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle”), especially one located in Brittany, France.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Welsh cromlech, from crom, the feminine singular form of crwm (“bent, bowed, curved”). Sense 1 (“stone circle”) is from Breton cromlec'h, krommlec'h probably from Welsh cromlech: see above.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (63)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CROMLECH · 1 relative 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.
CROMLECH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROMLECH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CCEHLMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CROMLECH?
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