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HAUNCH
Definition of HAUNCH
noun
The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English haunche, hanche, from Old French hanche, hance, anche (compare French hanche, Italian anca), from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *ankijā, from Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“joint; ankle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“joint; lith”). Cognate with Old High German ancha, encha, einka (“the leg; joint, bend”) (compare Old High German anchila, enchila (“ankle”), German Hanke (“haunch”), West Frisian hancke (“haunch”). More at ankle.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAUNCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAUNCH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHHNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HAUNCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAUNCH?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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