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PELHAM
Definition of PELHAM
noun
A type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side.
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Apparently (?) named after the Pelham region of Hertfordshire, England.”)
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.
PELHAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PELHAM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEHLMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PELHAM?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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