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PACE
Definition of PACE
noun
A step. A step taken with the foot. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with pass, Spanish pasear, paso.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PACE · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PACE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEP - 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 PACE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PACE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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