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FILCH
Definition of FILCH
verb
To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English filchen (“to pilfer, steal”). The further origin of the word is uncertain, but it is likely from or related to Old English fylċian (“to marshal troops”) and Old English ġefylċe (“band of men, army, host”), which would make it also related to folk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,219)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FILCH · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FILCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 162 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FILCH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CFHIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FILCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found FILCH?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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