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GROUCH
Definition of GROUCH
noun
A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English grouchen, variant of grucchen (“to complain, mumble, murmur”). See grutch.
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.
GROUCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GROUCH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CGHORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GROUCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GROUCH?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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