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PECULIUM
Definition of PECULIUM
noun
The savings of a son or a slave, with the father's or master's consent; a little property or stock of one's own.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin peculium. See peculiar.
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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PECULIUM · 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.
PECULIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PECULIUM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEILMPUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PECULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PECULIUM?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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