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TUCKAHOE
Definition of TUCKAHOE
noun
The edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
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Where it comes from
From Powhatan tockawhoughe. The "person" sense implies that such a person was so poor as to be reduced to eating the root.
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.
TUCKAHOE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TUCKAHOE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHKOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TUCKAH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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