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PUCCOON
Definition of PUCCOON
noun
Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, such as bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) and two species of Lithospermum, Lithospermum caroliniense and Lithospermum canescens.
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Where it comes from
From Virginia Algonquian i.e. Powhatan poughkone. Related to poke, pocan.
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.
PUCCOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUCCOON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CCNOOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PUCCOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUCCOON?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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