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CRAUNCH
Definition of CRAUNCH
verb
To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See crunch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRAUNCH · 2 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.
CRAUNCH 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 3 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
CRAUNCH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACCHNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CRAUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRAUNCH?
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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