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POSTCODE

/ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/8 letters

Definition of POSTCODE

noun

A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail. The region denoted by such a sequence.

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Where it comes from

From post + code.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

POSTCODE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
103
First board
18
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.

Built from these letters

POSTCODE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

POSTCODE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start POSTCO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

POSTCOUPPOSTCODEDPOSTCODESPOSTCODINGPOSTCOITALPOSTCOLLEGEPOSTCONCERTPOSTCOLLEGESPOSTCOLONIALPOSTCONQUESTPOSTCORONARYPOSTCOLLEGIATE

Could you have found POSTCODE?

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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.

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