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DRENCH
Definition of DRENCH
noun
A dose or draught of liquid medicine (especially one causing sleepiness) taken by a person; specifically, a (large) dose, or one forced or poured down the throat.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English drench, drenche (“beverage, drink; cup of drink, specifically a poisoned drink; medicinal potion, specifically an emetic (?)”) [and other forms], from Old English drenċ (“drink; draft, potion; dose (of medicine, poison, etc.)”), from Proto-West Germanic *dranki, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“drink; potion; dose”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”). Doublet of drink (noun).
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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.
DRENCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRENCH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CDEHNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRENCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DRENCH?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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