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PAPER

/ˈpeɪ̯.pə/5 letters

Definition of PAPER

noun

A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English paper, from Anglo-Norman paper, from Old Catalan paper, borrowed from Latin papȳrus (and given the Catalan suffix -er), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Tier
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Find it yourself

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

PAPER in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far.

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Boards it fitted
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

shopper

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PAPER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PAPER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEPPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

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

RAPPE

Words that start PAPER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PAPERSPAPERYPAPEREDPAPERERPAPERBOYPAPERERSPAPERIERPAPERINGPAPERBACKPAPERBARKPAPERBOYSPAPERCLIP

Could you have found PAPER?

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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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