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PILCH
Definition of PILCH
noun
A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pilche, from Old English pylċe, pyleċe, from Late Latin pellicia. A doublet of pelisse; also see pelt (“skin”).
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.
PILCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILCH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PILCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found PILCH?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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