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TORCHINGS
Definition of TORCHINGS
noun
plural of torching
TORCH · via torching
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
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TORCHINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TORCHINGS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CGHINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TORCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found TORCHINGS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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