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PECULIAR
Definition of PECULIAR
adjective
Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pecūliāris (“one's own”), from pecūlium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PECULIAR · 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.
PECULIAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 146 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PECULIAR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEILPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PECULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PECULIAR?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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