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GROKED
Definition of GROKED
verb
simple past and past participle of groke
GROAK · via groke
verb
To stare or look fixedly at someone; esp. of a child or dog in anticipation of receiving food.
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Word DNA
GROKED inherits its ancestry from its root, GROKE.
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (340)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GROKE · 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.
GROKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROKED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGKOR - 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.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found GROKED?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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