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RANCHER
Definition of RANCHER
noun
A person who operates a ranch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ranch + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RANCH · 5 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.
RANCHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RANCHER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEHNRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RANCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RANCHER?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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