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PAWNBROKER
Definition of PAWNBROKER
noun
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pawn + broker.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PAWNBROKER · 1 relative 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.
PAWNBROKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAWNBROKER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEKNOPRRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start PAWNBR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAWNBROKER?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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