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WINCHED
Definition of WINCHED
verb
simple past and past participle of winch
noun
A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.
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Word DNA
WINCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, WINCH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, WINCH · 6 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WINCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINCHED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WINCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WINCHED?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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