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PAUA
Definition of PAUA
noun
Any of several large, edible abalones of New Zealand, especially Haliotis iris, whose shell is used to make jewelry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori pāua.
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.
PAUA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAUA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found PAUA?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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