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PAPERBARKS
Definition of PAPERBARKS
noun
plural of paperbark
noun
Any of several Australian trees and shrubs, of the genus Melaleuca, that have flaky bark.
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Word DNA
PAPERBARKS inherits its ancestry from its root, PAPERBARK.
How it is built
Same root, PAPERBARK · 1 relative 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.
PAPERBARKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAPERBARKS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABEKPPRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, A and R appear more than once.
Words that start PAPERB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAPERBARKS?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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