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PALISADE
Definition of PALISADE
noun
A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from palissa (“stake”), probably from pal (“stake”), or possibly from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”) + -ade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALISADE · 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.
PALISADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 128 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALISADE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEILPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PALISA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PALISADE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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