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PELT
Definition of PELT
noun
The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The noun is inherited from Middle English pelt (“skin of a sheep, especially without the wool”); further etymology uncertain, possibly: Related to fell, pilch, film. Also compare Old Norse feldr (“pelt”). The verb is derived from the noun.
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.
PELT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PELT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PELT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PELT?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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