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PARCHING
Definition of PARCHING
adjective
Causing something or someone to parch; extremely drying.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From parch + -ing.
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.
PARCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARCHING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PARCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found PARCHING?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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