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GUNCH
Definition of GUNCH
verb
To maneuver one's body while playing, in an attempt to influence the path of the ball.
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUNCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUNCH starts with G and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CGHNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found GUNCH?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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