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PINOCLES
Definition of PINOCLES
Wiktionary has no entry for PINOCLES itself. This is its base word, PINOCLE.
noun
Alternative form of pinochle.
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Word DNA
PINOCLES inherits its ancestry from its root, PINOCHLE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,395)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PINOCHLE · 6 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.
PINOCLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PINOCLES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PINOCLES?
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 116 - and most players walked straight past it.
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