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CULCH

/kʌlt͡ʃ/5 letters

Definition of CULCH

noun

The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds.

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Where it comes from

Uncertain.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun1 syllable

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CULCH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 131
Its one board, across 131 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
131
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

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on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CULCH
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CULCH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CCHLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.

Words that start CULCH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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