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PONTICELLO
Definition of PONTICELLO
noun
bridge (of a violin etc.)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian ponticello (literally “little bridge”).
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.
PONTICELLO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONTICELLO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CEILLNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PONTICELLO?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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