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PUNCHBOWL
Definition of PUNCHBOWL
noun
A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From punch + bowl.
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.
PUNCHBOWL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PUNCHBOWL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BCHLNOPUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUNCHB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found PUNCHBOWL?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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