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PECANS
Definition of PECANS
noun
plural of pecan
noun
A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
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Word DNA
PECANS inherits its ancestry from its root, PECAN.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,297)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PECAN · 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.
PECANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PECANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACENPS - 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.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found PECANS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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