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PICARO
Definition of PICARO
noun
Rogue, adventurer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish pícaro.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (447)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PICARO · 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.
PICARO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PICARO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACIOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PICARO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found PICARO?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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