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PALOMINO
Definition of PALOMINO
noun
A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (965)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALOMINO · 3 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.
PALOMINO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALOMINO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AILMNOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PALOMINO?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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