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GLITCHES

/ˈɡlɪt͡ʃ.ɪz/8 letters

Definition of GLITCHES

noun

plural of glitch

GLITCH

noun

A problem affecting function.

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Word DNA

GLITCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, GLITCH.

Line of descent

  1. German
  2. Yiddish
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

German

Deepest traced root

8th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

3.1%

of traced words share this origin (927)

Germanic

branch · 22.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-ig

Same root, GLITCH · 2 relatives in the game

GLITCHGLITCHED

Its etymology also names French.

Every German word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GLITCHES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 22 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
55
First board
150
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

shejdster

on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GLITCHES
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GLITCHES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGHILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start GLITCH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GLITCHES?

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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.

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