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PAULDRONS
Definition of PAULDRONS
noun
plural of pauldron
noun
A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.
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Another sense
PAULDRONS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of pauldron.
Word DNA
PAULDRONS inherits its ancestry from its root, PAULDRON.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (336)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAULDRON · 1 relative in the game
PAULDRONS in a sentence
“Those pauldrons of his look like the controls of a PlayStation, so possibly you were commissioned by some games rag focussing on Sony's systems.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAULDRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 69 boards so far. 180 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAULDRONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADLNOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found PAULDRONS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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