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CRUNKLES
Definition of CRUNKLES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of crunkle
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRUNKLE · 2 relatives 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.
CRUNKLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRUNKLES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEKLNRSU - 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 CRUNKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found CRUNKLES?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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