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LORCHA
Definition of LORCHA
noun
A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Portuguese lorcha, of unclear origin; see the Portuguese entry for more.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (271)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LORCHA · 1 relative 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.
LORCHA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Built from these letters
LORCHA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACHLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LORCHA?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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