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CRUCK
Definition of CRUCK
noun
A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from a dialectal variant of crutch or crook.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRUCK · 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.
CRUCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
CRUCK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CCKRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CRUCK?
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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