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PALEST
Definition of PALEST
adjective
superlative form of pale: most pale
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pale + -est.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PAL · 2 relatives 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.
PALEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALEST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AELPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PALEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found PALEST?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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