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VETCHES
Definition of VETCHES
noun
plural of vetch
noun
Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
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Word DNA
VETCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, VETCH.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VETCH · 3 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.
VETCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VETCHES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found VETCHES?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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