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PALEOSAUR
Definition of PALEOSAUR
noun
Alternative form of palaeosaur.
PALAEOSAUR
noun
Any of various prehistoric animals that have been named Palaeosaurus.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PALEOSAUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALEOSAUR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAELOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PALEOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALEOSAUR?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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