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CROOKED
Definition of CROOKED
verb
simple past and past participle of crook
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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.
CROOKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROOKED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CROOKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found CROOKED?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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