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HATCHMENT
Definition of HATCHMENT
noun
A display of the arms, supporters, crests, motto, etc of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall
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Where it comes from
From Middle French hachement, a modification of Old French acesmement (“adornment”) (related to Italian accismare); not, as is often claimed, an alteration of achievement.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,433)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HATCHMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
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
HATCHMENT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHHMNTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and T appear more than once.
Words that start HATCHM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HATCHMENT?
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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