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POHUTUKAWA
Definition of POHUTUKAWA
noun
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around Christmastime.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori pōhutukawa.
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.
POHUTUKAWA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 108, 5 September 2026.
Built from these letters
POHUTUKAWA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAHKOPTUUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and A appear more than once.
Could you have found POHUTUKAWA?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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