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PAUNCH
Definition of PAUNCH
noun
The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English paunche, from Old Northern French panche, Old French pance (French panse), from Latin pantex.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAUNCH · 2 relatives 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.
PAUNCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 178 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PAUNCH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PAUNCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found PAUNCH?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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