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POUCHED
Definition of POUCHED
adjective
Having a pouch or pouches.
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Word DNA
POUCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, POUCH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (45)
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.
POUCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POUCHED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found POUCHED?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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