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PELAGIC
Definition of PELAGIC
adjective
Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pelagicus (and possibly pelagus); from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). By surface analysis, -pelag + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PELAGIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 243 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PELAGIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PELAGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PELAGIC?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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