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PUTCHEON
Definition of PUTCHEON
noun
A wire trap for catching salmon.
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Where it comes from
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PUTCHEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUTCHEON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEHNOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUTCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUTCHEON?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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