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PAPYRUS
Definition of PAPYRUS
noun
A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of papyros.
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.
PAPYRUS 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 11 days.
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
PAPYRUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read APPRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start PAPYRU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAPYRUS?
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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