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SQUINCH
Definition of SQUINCH
noun
A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of earlier scunch (“back part of the side of an opening”), short for scuncheon.
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.
SQUINCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUINCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHINQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SQUINC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SQUINCH?
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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