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OUTPUNCH
Definition of OUTPUNCH
verb
To punch harder or better than.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + 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.
OUTPUNCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTPUNCH starts with O and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHNOPTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start OUTPUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTPUNCH?
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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