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POTLACHE
Definition of POTLACHE
noun
Dated spelling of potlatch.
noun
A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POTLACHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POTLACHE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POTLAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POTLACHE?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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