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PALESTRA
Definition of PALESTRA
noun
Alternative spelling of palaestra.
PALAESTRA
noun
A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium.
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Word DNA
PALESTRA inherits its ancestry from its root, PALAESTRA.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALAESTRA · 4 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.
PALESTRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALESTRA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAELPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PALEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found PALESTRA?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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