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PISCINA
Definition of PISCINA
noun
A drained basin near a church's altar for the disposal of water from liturgical ablutions.
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Where it comes from
From Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”). Compare Middle English piscyne (“pool, pond”), from the same Latin word. By surface analysis, Latin pisc- + -ina.
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.
PISCINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PISCINA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACIINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PISCIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PISCINA?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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