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PEEPUL
Definition of PEEPUL
noun
The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi पीपल / Urdu پیپل (pīpal), from Sanskrit पिप्पल (pippala). Doublet of falafel and pepper.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (785)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PEEPUL · 2 relatives 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.
PEEPUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEEPUL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EELPPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PEEPUL?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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