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CROGGY

/ˈkɹɒɡi/6 letters

Definition of CROGGY

noun

A ride on the handlebars or crossbar of a bicycle.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Probably from crossbar + -ie. Susie Dent suggests an origin from croggan, a limpet.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-ie

Same root, CROGGY · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CROGGY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 142
Its one board, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

superflyjonny

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CROGGY
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CROGGY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGGORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found CROGGY?

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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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