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SCRUNCHIE
Definition of SCRUNCHIE
noun
A small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By reanalysis as scrunch + -ie from the brand name of the originator product, Scünci, which was a marketing-department alteration of the earliest name, Scunci, after the inventor's dog; more in Wikipedia at scrunchie § History.
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.
SCRUNCHIE 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.
Built from these letters
SCRUNCHIE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CCEHINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCRUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRUNCHIE?
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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