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SCRUNCH
Definition of SCRUNCH
verb
To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRUNCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRUNCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CCHNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start SCRUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRUNCH?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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