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CRUFTY
Definition of CRUFTY
adjective
Relating to or containing cruft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cruft + -y. Arose after 1959, presumably mid-1960s. Perhaps influenced by cruddy, crusty.
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.
CRUFTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRUFTY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CFRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found CRUFTY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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