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HONCHO
Definition of HONCHO
noun
Boss, leader.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 班(はん)長(ちょう) (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 / 班长 (bānzhǎng, “team leader”). Probably entered English during World War II: many apocryphal stories describe American soldiers hearing Japanese prisoners-of-war refer to their lieutenants as hanchō.
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.
HONCHO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 24 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
HONCHO starts with H and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CHHNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and O appear more than once.
Words that start HONCHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HONCHO?
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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