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SQUINCHED
Definition of SQUINCHED
verb
simple past and past participle 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.
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Word DNA
SQUINCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, SQUINCH.
How it is built
Same root, SQUINCH · 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.
SQUINCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUINCHED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHINQSU - 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.
Could you have found SQUINCHED?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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