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PEARS
Definition of PEARS
noun
plural of pear
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PEARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PEARS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
12 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PEARS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PEARS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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