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YOUCH

/jaʊt͡ʃ/5 letters

Definition of YOUCH

interjection

Synonym of ouch.

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Word DNA

How it is built

interjection1 syllable

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

YOUCH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its 3 boards, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
159
First board
168
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

ktelclassic

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

YOUCH
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

YOUCH starts with Y and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHOUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found YOUCH?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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