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PALIER
Definition of PALIER
Wiktionary has no entry for PALIER itself. This is its base word, PALY.
adjective
Palewise; vertically striped.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PALY.
Compare French palé. See pale (“a stake”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PALIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
Built from these letters
PALIER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEILPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PALIER?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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