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TOUCHINGS
Definition of TOUCHINGS
noun
plural of touching
TOUCH · via touching
verb
Primarily physical senses. To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
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Word DNA
TOUCHINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, TOUCHING.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,258)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
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.
TOUCHINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOUCHINGS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CGHINOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TOUCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TOUCHINGS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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