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CRUISER
Definition of CRUISER
noun
A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
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Where it comes from
From cruise + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRUISE · 5 relatives 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.
CRUISER 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 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CRUISER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
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 CRUISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRUISER?
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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