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GROUCHY
Definition of GROUCHY
adjective
Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
US 1895. From grouch + -y. Originally US college student slang.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GROUCHY · 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.
GROUCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 2, 23 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROUCHY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGHORUY - 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 2
Could you have found GROUCHY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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