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PAVILION
Definition of PAVILION
noun
An ornate tent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pavilloun, from Anglo-Norman pavilloun, from Latin pāpiliōnem, form of pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”) (due to resemblance of tent to a butterfly’s wings), of unknown origin. Doublet of papilio and papillon. Cognate to French pavillon (“pavilion”) and papillon (“butterfly”), and similar terms in other Romance languages.
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.
PAVILION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAVILION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIILNOPV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PAVILI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PAVILION?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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