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PALSIER
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).
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.
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
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found PALSIER?
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