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PALMER
Definition of PALMER
noun
A pilgrim who had been to the Holy Land and who brought back a palm branch in signification; a wandering religious votary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English palmer, from Anglo-Norman palmer, from Old French paumier (“palmer”), from Medieval Latin palmārius (“palmer”), from palma (“palm tree”).
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALM · 9 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.
PALMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALMER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AELMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PALMER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PALMER?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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