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PALSIER

/ˈpɔːlzi/7 letters

Definition of PALSIER

Wiktionary has no entry for PALSIER itself. This is its base word, PALSY.

noun

Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for PALSY.

From Middle English palesie, from Anglo-Norman paralisie, parleisie et al., from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”), from παρα- (para-, “beside”) + λύω (lúō, “loosen”). Doublet of paralysis.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PALSIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
88
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

tambourine

on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PALSIER
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PALSIER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEILPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start PALSIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PALSIEDPALSIESPALSIEST

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