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CROWN
Definition of CROWN
noun
A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced Old English corenbēag (“crown”) and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”, literally “kinhelm” or “king's helm”). The paper sizes (noun sense 18) are so called because the papers were originally watermarked with a crown.
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.
CROWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 2, 23 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROWN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CROWN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found CROWN?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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