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QUELCHING
Definition of QUELCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of quelch
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Word DNA
QUELCHING 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.
QUELCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUELCHING starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGHILNQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. 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 12
Could you have found QUELCHING?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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