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POUCH
Definition of POUCH
noun
A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (46)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POUCH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman, Middle Dutch, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POUCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POUCH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POUCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found POUCH?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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