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PAINTER
Definition of PAINTER
noun
An artist who paints pictures.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English peyntour, from Old French peintor, equivalent to paint + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAINTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PAINTER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEINPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PAINTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAINTER?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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