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DUCHY
Definition of DUCHY
noun
A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English duche, from Anglo-Norman duché, from Old French duc, or from Medieval Latin ducātus, from Latin dux. Doublet of ducat and dogate.
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.
DUCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 160 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DUCHY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDHUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found DUCHY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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