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SQUELCHED
Definition of SQUELCHED
adjective
Having been squelched.
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Word DNA
SQUELCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, SQUELCH.
How it is built
Same root, SQUELCH · 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.
SQUELCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 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 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SQUELCHED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEHLQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SQUELC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SQUELCHED?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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