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GROUSE
Definition of GROUSE
noun
Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.
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Where it comes from
Attested in the 1530s, as grows ("moorhen"), a plural used collectively. The origin of the noun is unknown; the following derivations have been suggested: The verb is derived from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GROUSE · 3 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.
GROUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 78 boards so far. 378 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GROUSE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GROUSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GROUSE?
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