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CRUD
Definition of CRUD
noun
Dirt, filth or refuse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRUD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRUD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found CRUD?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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