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CRUNCHY
Definition of CRUNCHY
adjective
Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crunch + -y. The slang sense is derived from the concept of crunchy granola.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRUNCHY · 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.
CRUNCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 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
CRUNCHY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CCHNRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CRUNCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRUNCHY?
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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