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LATCHINGS

9 letters

Definition of LATCHINGS

noun

plural of latching

LATCH · via latching

verb

To close or lock as if with a latch.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LATCHINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 128
Its 2 boards, across 128 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
127
First board
128
Latest board
1
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

hamonrye

on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LATCHINGS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LATCHINGS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGHILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start LATCHI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LATCHINGS?

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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.

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