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PACIFIER

/ˈpæsɪfaɪə/8 letters

Definition of PACIFIER

noun

Someone or something that pacifies.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From pacify + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-er

Same root, PACIFY · 6 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PACIFIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 169
Its 33 boards, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
33
Boards found on
7
First board
160
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

PACIFIER
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PACIFIER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIIPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start PACIFI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PACIFICPACIFIEDPACIFIESPACIFISMPACIFISTPACIFICAEPACIFICALPACIFIERSPACIFISMSPACIFISTSPACIFIABLEPACIFICATE

Could you have found PACIFIER?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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