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PECULATIONS
Definition of PECULATIONS
noun
plural of peculation
noun
The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
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Word DNA
PECULATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, PECULATION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PECULATION · 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.
PECULATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PECULATIONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PECULAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PECULATIONS?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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