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CROUCHING
Definition of CROUCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of crouch
verb
To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
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Word DNA
CROUCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, CROUCH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, CROUCH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROUCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROUCHING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CCGHINORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CROUCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROUCHING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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