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CROCHET
Definition of CROCHET
noun
A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), diminutive of Old French croc (“hook”), from Old Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”). Doublet of crocket, croquet, and crotchet. More at crook, crooked.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROCHET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROCHET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCEHORT - 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 CROCHET?
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