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DUNCHES
Definition of DUNCHES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of dunch
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Word DNA
DUNCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, DUNCH.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,883)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUNCH · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Proto-Germanic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUNCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUNCHES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEHNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DUNCHES?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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