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CRYING

/ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/6 letters

Definition of CRYING

adjective

That cries.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From cry + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CRYING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 7 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
27
First board
71
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 71, 30 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Also on

Built from these letters

CRYING
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CRYING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGINRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CRYING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CRYINGSCRYINGLY

Could you have found CRYING?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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