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YARCO
Definition of YARCO
noun
Someone from, or living in the area of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England, stereotypically a chav.
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Where it comes from
Probably related to Great Yarmouth.
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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.
YARCO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
Built from these letters
YARCO starts with Y and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACORY - 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 YARCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found YARCO?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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