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CROTALINE
Definition of CROTALINE
adjective
Resembling, or relating to, the Crotalinae, or rattlesnake subfamily
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Where it comes from
From translingual Crotalus + -ine.
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.
CROTALINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CROTALINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CROTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROTALINE?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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