The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PACES
Definition of PACES
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
PACES inherits its ancestry from its root, PACE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% 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.
PACES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PACES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PACES?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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