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CROQUETED
Definition of CROQUETED
verb
simple past and past participle of croquet
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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.
CROQUETED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROQUETED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEOQRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CROQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CROQUETED?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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