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RAUNCHY
Definition of RAUNCHY
adjective
Smutty; indecent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Of unknown etymology. Originally U.S. Army Air Corps slang; origins among cadets in Texas suggest a possible connection to Mexican Spanish rancho (see ranch), which had connotations of animal filth by 1864.
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.
RAUNCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RAUNCHY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACHNRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RAUNCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found RAUNCHY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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