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PALEWISE

8 letters

Definition of PALEWISE

adverb

Divided by perpendicular vertical lines like pales.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From pale + -wise.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PALEWISE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 4 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
68
First board
103
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

lickorice

on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PALEWISE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PALEWISE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Could you have found PALEWISE?

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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.

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