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PALUDISM
Definition of PALUDISM
noun
Malaria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French paludisme.
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.
PALUDISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PALUDISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ADILMPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PALUDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PALUDISM?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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