The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PAPADUMS
Definition of PAPADUMS
noun
plural of papadum
POPPADOM · via papadum
noun
A thin, crisp Indian food made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutneys as a starter, or as an accompaniment to a meal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
PAPADUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, POPPADOM.
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (775)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POPPADOM · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAPADUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAPADUMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADMPPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and A appear more than once.
Could you have found PAPADUMS?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER