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POTEEN
Definition of POTEEN
noun
Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Irish poitín (“little pot; poteen”), from pota (“pot”) (from Middle English potte, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“type of vessel”)) + -ín (diminutive suffix).
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.
POTEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POTEEN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EENOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found POTEEN?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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