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POCHARD
Definition of POCHARD
noun
Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Apparently originally from poach (“to poke”) + -ard. Compare poker.
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.
POCHARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POCHARD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDHOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found POCHARD?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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