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TINCHELS
Definition of TINCHELS
noun
plural of tinchel
TINCHEL
noun
A circle of hunters, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within closer range.
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Word DNA
TINCHELS inherits its ancestry from its root, TINCHEL.
Line of descent
- Scottish Gaelic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (39)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TINCHEL · 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.
TINCHELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TINCHELS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHILNST - 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 TINCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TINCHELS?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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