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CROTCHET
Definition of CROTCHET
noun
A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet.
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.
CROTCHET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROTCHET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCEHORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and T appear more than once.
Words that start CROTCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROTCHET?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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