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QUELCHED
Definition of QUELCHED
verb
simple past and past participle of quelch
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Word DNA
QUELCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, QUELCH.
How it is built
Same root, QUELCH · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUELCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUELCHED starts with Q and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEHLQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUELCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found QUELCHED?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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