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PICA
Definition of PICA
noun
A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin pīca (“jay; magpie”). Doublet of pie (“magpie”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PICA · 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.
PICA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 77 boards so far. 572 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PICA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACIP - 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.
Words that start PICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PICA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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