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PAUSER
Definition of PAUSER
noun
Someone who pauses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pause + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PAUSE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAUSER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PAUSER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEPRSU - 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 PAUSER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found PAUSER?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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