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TOUCAN
Definition of TOUCAN
noun
Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TOUCAN · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOUCAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOUCAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TOUCAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found TOUCAN?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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