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HITCH
Definition of HITCH
noun
A sudden pull.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HITCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 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 found by a player on Day 111, 8 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HITCH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHHIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HITCH?
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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