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CROUPOUS
Definition of CROUPOUS
adjective
Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.
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Where it comes from
From croup + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CROUP · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROUPOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
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
CROUPOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read COOPRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Could you have found CROUPOUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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