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RANCHO
Definition of RANCHO
noun
A simple hut, such as one with posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers would lodge at night.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish rancho (“mess, mess room”). Compare ranch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (921)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RANCHO · 1 relative 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.
RANCHO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RANCHO starts with R and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACHNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RANCHO?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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