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PALUDINOUS
Definition of PALUDINOUS
adjective
Paludinal: characteristic of or relating to marsh, swamp or fen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin palūdīnōsus (“marshy, swampy”), ultimately from palūs. Sense 2 from translingual Paludina + -ous.
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.
PALUDINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALUDINOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADILNOPSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PALUDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PALUDINOUS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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