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HATCHERY
Definition of HATCHERY
noun
A (commercial) facility where eggs, especially those of fish or poultry, are hatched under artificial conditions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hatch (verb) + -ery (suffix denoting a place where an art, craft, or practice is carried out).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
HATCHERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HATCHERY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHHRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
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 HATCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HATCHERY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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