The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PACHISI
Definition of PACHISI
noun
An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi पचीसी (pacīsī, “twenty-five”), referring to the largest score that can be thrown with the cowrie shells. First attested in the 19th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (357)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PACHISI · 4 relatives 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.
PACHISI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACHISI starts with P and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ACHIIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PACHIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found PACHISI?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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