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OUNCE
Definition of OUNCE
noun
An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ⁄16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
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.
OUNCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUNCE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CENOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found OUNCE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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