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BOCCIAS
Definition of BOCCIAS
Wiktionary has no entry for BOCCIAS itself. This is its base word, BOCCIA.
noun
A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BOCCIA.
Borrowed from Italian boccia (“ball”), from Vulgar Latin *buttia, borrowed from Medieval 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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Italian
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,613)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOCCIA · 1 relative 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.
BOCCIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BOCCIAS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCCIOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
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