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GLUNCHES
Definition of GLUNCHES
Wiktionary has no entry for GLUNCHES itself. This is its base word, GLUNCH.
verb
To look sullen or glum; to frown
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for GLUNCH.
Borrowed from Scots glunch, of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of glum or glump.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (136)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLUNCH · 2 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.
GLUNCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLUNCHES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGHLNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLUNCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found GLUNCHES?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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