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PINSCHER
Definition of PINSCHER
noun
Any of several breeds of dog.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Pinscher. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “more”)
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.
PINSCHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PINSCHER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PINSCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found PINSCHER?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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