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WITCHES
Definition of WITCHES
noun
plural of witch
noun
A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives.
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Word DNA
WITCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, WITCH.
Line of descent
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (575)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WITCH · 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.
WITCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WITCHES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHISTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WITCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found WITCHES?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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