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CRUSADING
Definition of CRUSADING
verb
present participle and gerund of crusade
noun
Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.
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Word DNA
CRUSADING inherits its ancestry from its root, CRUSADE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRUSADE · 3 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.
CRUSADING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRUSADING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDGINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRUSAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found CRUSADING?
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