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PUNCTO
Definition of PUNCTO
noun
A point of form or ceremony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin punctum via Italian punto. Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, punctum, punt, and punto.
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.
PUNCTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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
PUNCTO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CNOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUNCTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUNCTO?
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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