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PALAEOTYPES
Definition of PALAEOTYPES
noun
plural of palaeotype
PALAEOTYPE
noun
An old book printed between 1500 and 1550.
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Word DNA
PALAEOTYPES inherits its ancestry from its root, PALAEOTYPE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step 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, PALAEOTYPE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PALAEOTYPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALAEOTYPES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEELOPPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, A and E appear more than once.
Words that start PALAEOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALAEOTYPES?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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