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PAULIN
Definition of PAULIN
noun
A tarpaulin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortening of tarpaulin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAULIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAULIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AILNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PAULIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAULIN?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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