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TORCHES
Definition of TORCHES
noun
plural of torch
noun
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
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Word DNA
TORCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, TORCH.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TORCH · 8 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.
TORCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TORCHES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TORCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found TORCHES?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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