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BOCCIA
Definition of BOCCIA
noun
A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian boccia (“ball”), from Vulgar Latin *buttia, borrowed from Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia, plural of βούττιον (boúttion)), from Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis), possibly borrowed from Pre-Greek. Doublet of butt (“wooden cask”).
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.
BOCCIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
BOCCIA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABCCIO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOCCIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOCCIA?
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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