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CROCHETING
Definition of CROCHETING
noun
A form of needlework that is made using a crochet.
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Word DNA
CROCHETING inherits its ancestry from its root, CROCHET.
Line of descent
6 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, CROCHET · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle English.
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.
CROCHETING 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 found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CROCHETING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CCEGHINORT - 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 CROCHETING?
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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