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CROOK
Definition of CROOK
noun
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (“hook, bend, crook”), from Proto-West Germanic *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“bend, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, bend”). Cognate with Dutch kreuk (“a bend, fold, wrinkle”), Middle Low German kroke, krake (“fold, wrinkle”), Danish krog (“crook, hook”), Swedish krok (“crook, hook”), Icelandic krókur (“hook”). Compare typologically Czech křivák (< křivý < Proto-Slavic *krivъ, whence also *krivьda).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CROOK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CROOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROOK?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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