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ENCRIMSONS
Definition of ENCRIMSONS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of encrimson
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Word DNA
ENCRIMSONS inherits its ancestry from its root, ENCRIMSON.
How it is built
Same root, ENCRIMSON · 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.
ENCRIMSONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENCRIMSONS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNNORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and S appear more than once.
Words that start ENCRIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENCRIMSONS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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