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PUNCHIER
Definition of PUNCHIER
adjective
comparative form of punchy: more punchy
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PUNCHIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUNCHIER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHINPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PUNCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PUNCHIER?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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