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PEARMAIN
Definition of PEARMAIN
noun
A type of pear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman parmain, peremain et al., Middle French parmain, permain (“type of pear or apple”), of uncertain origin.
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.
PEARMAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEARMAIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEIMNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PEARMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PEARMAIN?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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