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PALATE
Definition of PALATE
noun
The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin.
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.
PALATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAELPT - 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 25
Could you have found PALATE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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