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PUNCHBAGS
Definition of PUNCHBAGS
noun
plural of punchbag
noun
Synonym of punching bag. A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, and suspended so that swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts. A person serving as an object of abuse.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PUNCHBAGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUNCHBAGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCGHNPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUNCHB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found PUNCHBAGS?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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