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PUTTOCK
Definition of PUTTOCK
noun
Any of several birds of prey including the red kite, buzzard and marsh harrier
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Where it comes from
From Middle English puttock, puttok, potok, puttoc, of uncertain origin; perhaps representing an unattested Old English *putta (“hawk”) + -ock; or perhaps from Old English *pūthafoc (literally “pout-hawk”), equivalent to pout (“a kind of fish”) + hawk. Compare also pout (“a young bird”), poult.
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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.
PUTTOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUTTOCK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKOPTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PUTTOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUTTOCK?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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