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PONCHO
Definition of PONCHO
noun
A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu. In sense “rubber rain poncho”, attested 1845, used for non-South American garments in the United States and England from 1850s, popularized by US Western expeditions and military from 1850s, particularly after World War II (1940s).
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.
PONCHO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PONCHO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CHNOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found PONCHO?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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