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CROAK
Definition of CROAK
noun
A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation from Old English crācettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative crǣcetung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-g-, from *greh₂-k-, of onomatopoeic origin. See also Swedish kråka, German krächzen, Sanskrit गर्जति (garjati, “to growl”); also compare Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”), Serbo-Croatian grákati. More at crack, crake and craic.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CROAK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CROAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CROAK?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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