The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PAUNCE
Definition of PAUNCE
noun
A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English paunce, from Old French pance, Middle French pans. Doublet of paunch.
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.
PAUNCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAUNCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACENPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PAUNCE?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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