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CROWNINGS

/ˈkɹaʊnɪŋz/9 letters

Definition of CROWNINGS

noun

plural of crowning

CROWN · via crowning

noun

A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.

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Word DNA

CROWNINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, CROWN.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Anglo-Norman
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,613)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, CROWN · 10 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old English.

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CROWNINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 175
Its one board, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
159
First board
16
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

return4627

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CROWNINGS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CROWNINGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CGINNORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start CROWNI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CROWNINGCROWNINGLY

Could you have found CROWNINGS?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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