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CRUCIATE

/ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət/8 letters

Definition of CRUCIATE

adjective

In the form of a cross.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin cruciatus.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CRUCIATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

franklin

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CRUCIATE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CRUCIATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.

Words that start CRUCIA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CRUCIALCRUCIANCRUCIANSCRUCIALLYCRUCIATESCRUCIATELY

Could you have found CRUCIATE?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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