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KEYPUNCH
Definition of KEYPUNCH
noun
A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
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Where it comes from
From key + punch.
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.
KEYPUNCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
KEYPUNCH starts with K and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEHKNPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KEYPUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KEYPUNCH?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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