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GANCH
Definition of GANCH
verb
To drop from a high place on sharp stakes or hooks as a punishment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare French ganche, also Spanish and Portuguese gancho hook, Italian gancio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,301)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GANCH · 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.
GANCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GANCH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACGHN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GANCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found GANCH?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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