The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CROZES
Definition of CROZES
noun
plural of croze
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Word DNA
CROZES inherits its ancestry from its root, CROZE.
How it is built
Same root, CROZE · 1 relative 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.
CROZES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROZES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEORSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found CROZES?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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