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PALES
Definition of PALES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of pale
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Word DNA
PALES inherits its ancestry from its root, PALE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, PALE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PALES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 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
PALES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
9 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PALES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PALES?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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