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PEDDLER
Definition of PEDDLER
noun
An itinerant seller of small goods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pedlere, pedlare, pedeler, alteration of Middle English peddere (“hawker, peddler”), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin pedārius, from Latin pedāre (“to furnish with feet; prop up”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PEDDLER · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PEDDLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDDLER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDEELPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PEDDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PEDDLER?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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