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BOCCI
Definition of BOCCI
noun
Alternative form of bocce.
noun
A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.
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Other senses
BOCCI carries 2 further meanings.
noun
A variant spelling of bocce.
noun
Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
Word DNA
BOCCI inherits its ancestry from its root, BOCCE.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,348)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOCCE · 5 relatives in the game
BOCCI in a sentence
“The Pluto Files is informative, fun viewing, especially if you're the kind of person who cracks a smile watching two camps of opposing scientists build a scale model of the solar system using pediments, Hoppity-hops, bocci balls and bb's on the Harvard University football field.”
Sharon Glassman: NOVA's Pluto Files (With Neil deGrasse Tyson) Will Make You a Better American, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOCCI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOCCI starts with B and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read BCCIO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOCCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOCCI?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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