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PUCE
Definition of PUCE
noun
A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French couleur puce, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).
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.
PUCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 192 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PUCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PUCE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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