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GROUSES
Definition of GROUSES
noun
plural 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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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GROUSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GROUSES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGORSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start GROUSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GROUSES?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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