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RANCH
Definition of RANCH
noun
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RANCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
RANCH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RANCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RANCH?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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