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PALINDROMES
Definition of PALINDROMES
noun
plural of palindrome
noun
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
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Another sense
PALINDROMES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of palindrome.
Word DNA
PALINDROMES inherits its ancestry from its root, PALINDROME.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALINDROME · 1 relative in the game
PALINDROMES in a sentence
“Rose, the youngest of the spy sisters, speaks in palindromes and anagrams, a talent she uses when ciphering real messages.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PALINDROMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 202 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALINDROMES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEILMNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PALINDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found PALINDROMES?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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