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PICKAROON
Definition of PICKAROON
noun
Archaic form of picaroon.
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Word DNA
PICKAROON inherits its ancestry from its root, PICAROON.
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (950)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PICAROON · 4 relatives 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.
PICKAROON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PICKAROON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACIKNOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PICKAROON?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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