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GROUSED
Definition of GROUSED
verb
simple past and past participle 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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Another sense
GROUSED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of grouse.
Word DNA
GROUSED inherits its ancestry from its root, GROUSE.
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.
GROUSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 79 boards so far. 340 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROUSED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 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.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found GROUSED?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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