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YACCA
Definition of YACCA
noun
Either of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdieanus.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish yaca, from Taíno.
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.
YACCA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
YACCA starts with Y and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACCY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start YACCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found YACCA?
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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