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POUNCED
Definition of POUNCED
verb
simple past and past participle of pounce
noun
A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
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Word DNA
POUNCED inherits its ancestry from its root, POUNCE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POUNCE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POUNCED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
POUNCED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDENOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 POUNCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found POUNCED?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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