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PALSGRAVE
Definition of PALSGRAVE
noun
A count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Pfalzgraf (“count palatinate”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,611)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PALSGRAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALSGRAVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PALSGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALSGRAVE?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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