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GROUCHIEST
Definition of GROUCHIEST
adjective
superlative form of grouchy: most grouchy
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Where it comes from
From grouchy + -est.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
GROUCHIEST in a sentence
“Indeed, twice as often, such comments are directed at the justices themselves--even the bon mots tossed from Justice Antonin Scalia, identified in the new study as both the funniest and grouchiest of the nine.”
Supreme Court justices are not laughing at you. They're laughing with you., 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GROUCHIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GROUCHIEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEGHIORSTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found GROUCHIEST?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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