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PELAS
Definition of PELAS
Wiktionary has no entry for PELAS itself. This is its base word, PELA.
noun
Synonym of Chinese wax.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PELA.
From informal romanization of Chinese 白蠟 / 白蜡 (báilà).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Chinese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (156)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PELA · 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.
PELAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PELAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
9 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PELAS?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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