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CROWNERS
Definition of CROWNERS
noun
plural of crowner
CROWNER
noun
One who, or that which, crowns.
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Word DNA
CROWNERS inherits its ancestry from its root, CROWNER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,183)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROWNERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROWNERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CENORRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
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 CROWNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROWNERS?
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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