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POTICHE
Definition of POTICHE
noun
A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French potiche.
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.
POTICHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POTICHE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHIOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found POTICHE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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