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PECTORALS
Definition of PECTORALS
noun
plural of pectoral
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Another sense
PECTORALS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of pectoral.
Word DNA
PECTORALS inherits its ancestry from its root, PECTORAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,064)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PECTORAL · 2 relatives in the game
PECTORALS in a sentence
“Be prepared, however, to see exposed male pectorals in some of the ads.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PECTORALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PECTORALS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PECTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PECTORALS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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