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CROUTONS
Definition of CROUTONS
noun
plural of crouton
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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.
CROUTONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROUTONS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CNOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CROUTONS?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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