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PINCHBECK
Definition of PINCHBECK
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Christopher Pinchbeck, an 18th century London watchmaker who developed the alloy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PINCHBECK · 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.
PINCHBECK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PINCHBECK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCCEHIKNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start PINCHB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PINCHBECK?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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