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PORTICO
Definition of PORTICO
noun
A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch, portego, and porticus.
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.
PORTICO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PORTICO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CIOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PORTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PORTICO?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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