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PEARLS
Definition of PEARLS
noun
plural of pearl.
noun
A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery. Nacre; mother-of-pearl. A white color inspired by the shade of pearls.
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Word DNA
PEARLS inherits its ancestry from its root, PEARL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PEARL · 15 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.
PEARLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PEARLS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found PEARLS?
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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