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WELSH
Definition of WELSH
verb
To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Sometimes held to derive from disparaging stereotypes about the Welsh, though firm evidence of this derivation is lacking. Compare gyp (“swindle”), probably from Gypsy, and jew (“defraud”), from Jew.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (151)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WELSH · 4 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.
WELSH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WELSH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EHLSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WELSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found WELSH?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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