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PAPILLARY
Definition of PAPILLARY
adjective
Having the properties or appearance of a papilla (nipple).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From papilla + -ary.
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.
PAPILLARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAPILLARY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAILLPPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PAPILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAPILLARY?
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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