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PRATINCOLE
Definition of PRATINCOLE
noun
Any of several species of birds in the genera Glareola and Stiltia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pratincola (“meadow-dweller”).
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.
PRATINCOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRATINCOLE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PRATIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRATINCOLE?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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