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PACKRATS
Definition of PACKRATS
noun
plural of packrat
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Word DNA
PACKRATS inherits its ancestry from its root, PACK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PACK · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PACKRATS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACKRATS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACKPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PACKRATS?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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