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GRUNCLE
Definition of GRUNCLE
noun
A great-uncle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of great- + uncle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRUNCLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRUNCLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEGLNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found GRUNCLE?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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