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SCROOCH
Definition of SCROOCH
verb
To crouch, or hunker down.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCROOCH · 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.
SCROOCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCROOCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CCHOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCROOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCROOCH?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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