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HUTCHING
Definition of HUTCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of hutch
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Word DNA
HUTCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, HUTCH.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.8%
of traced words share this origin (4,101)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HUTCH · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HUTCHING 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 23 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
HUTCHING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHHINTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HUTCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUTCHING?
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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