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PELMETS
Definition of PELMETS
noun
plural of pelmet
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PELMETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PELMETS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELMPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found PELMETS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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