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POUCHING
Definition of POUCHING
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Word DNA
POUCHING 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.
POUCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 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 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POUCHING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHINOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found POUCHING?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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