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CROTCHETY
Definition of CROTCHETY
adjective
Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crotchet + -y, using crotchet in the 16th-century sense of a whim or fancy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROTCHETY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROTCHETY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CCEHORTTY - 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 CROTCHETY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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