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WRETCH
Definition of WRETCH
noun
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wrecche, from Old English wreċċa (“exile, outcast”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, fugitive, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track, follow”). Doublet of garçon.
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.
WRETCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRETCH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEHRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WRETCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found WRETCH?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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