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TWITCH
Definition of TWITCH
noun
A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English twicchen, from Old English *twiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *twikkijan (“to nail, pin, fasten, clasp, pinch”). Cognate with English tweak, Low German twikken, German Low German twicken (“to pinch, pinch off”), zweckōn and gizwickan (> German zwicken (“to pinch”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TWITCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TWITCH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHITTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TWITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TWITCH?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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