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WELCH
Definition of WELCH
noun
A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.
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.
WELCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WELCH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEHLW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WELCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found WELCH?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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