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CROCK
Definition of CROCK
noun
A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). The English word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, CROCK · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian.
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.
CROCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROCK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CCKOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CROCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROCK?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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