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CROCHES
Definition of CROCHES
noun
plural of croche
noun
A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler, or as the predevelopmental stage of the antler.
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Word DNA
CROCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, CROCHE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9.1%
of traced words share this origin (2,383)
How it is built
Same root, CROCHE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROCHES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCEHORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CROCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROCHES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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