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CRUDITES
Definition of CRUDITES
noun
Alternative spelling of crudités.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CRUDITES carries 2 further meanings.
noun
an appetizer consisting of raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip.
noun
raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French crudités.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,085)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRUDITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRUDITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 350 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRUDITES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEIRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRUDIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CRUDITES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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