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PICAYUNE
Definition of PICAYUNE
noun
A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a Spanish coin with a value of half a real; a fippenny bit.
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Where it comes from
The noun is borrowed from southern French picaillon, pécaillon, picayon (“type of small foreign coin; (informal, especially in the plural) cash, money”), and from its etymon Occitan picalhon, picaioun (“cheaply made Savoyan-Piedmontese coin that was rapidly demonetized; (by extension) cash, money”), probably from Occitan piquar (“to ring (bells); to knock, strike”) (referring to the clinking of coins in a pocket), originally imitative. The adjective is derived from the noun.
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.
PICAYUNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 157 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PICAYUNE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PICAYU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found PICAYUNE?
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