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POONAC
Definition of POONAC
noun
A kind of oil cake prepared from the coconut.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Sinhalese [script needed] (punakku) (compare Tamil புண்ணாக்கு (puṇṇākku)), from Sanskrit पिण्याक (piṇyāka).
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.
POONAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POONAC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACNOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start POONAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POONAC?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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