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PAPERWEIGHT
Definition of PAPERWEIGHT
noun
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From paper + weight.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PAPERWEIGHT · 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.
PAPERWEIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAPERWEIGHT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHIPPRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once.
Could you have found PAPERWEIGHT?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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