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PARTICLES

/ˈpɑɹtɪkl̩z/9 letters

Definition of PARTICLES

noun

plural of particle

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

PARTICLES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 22 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
14
First board
96
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

wr3ckless

on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PARTICLES
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PARTICLES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

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

Words that start PARTIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PARTICLEPARTICIPLEPARTICULARPARTICIPANTPARTICIPATEPARTICIPIALPARTICIPLESPARTICULARSPARTICULATEPARTICIPANTSPARTICIPATEDPARTICIPATES

Could you have found PARTICLES?

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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.

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