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CRWTHS
Definition of CRWTHS
noun
plural of crwth
noun
An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.
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Word DNA
CRWTHS inherits its ancestry from its root, CRWTH.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
35th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (138)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRWTH · 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.
CRWTHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 69 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRWTHS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found CRWTHS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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