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LINCH

/lɪnt͡ʃ/5 letters

Definition of LINCH

noun

A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English linche, link, from Old English hlinċ (“a hill”). Possible doublet of lynch.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

LINCH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 4 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
45
First board
96
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

elishama

on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LINCH
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start LINCH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LINCHESLINCHETLINCHETSLINCHPINLINCHPINS

Could you have found LINCH?

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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.

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