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CLASH

/ˈklæʃ/5 letters

Definition of CLASH

noun

A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian klatskje (“to smack, slap”), West Frisian kletse, kletskje, Dutch kletsen (“to smack, slap, clash”), German Low German klattsen, klatsken (“to smack, splash”), German klatschen (“to clap, smack, slap”) and Klatsch (“a clapping sound; the din resulting from two or more things colliding”), Danish klaske (“to clash, splatter”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

CLASH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 123
Its 10 boards, across 123 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
32
First board
104
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.

First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

CLASH
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CLASH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 CLASH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CLASHEDCLASHERCLASHESCLASHERSCLASHINGCLASHINGSCLASHINGLY

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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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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