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PELTA
Definition of PELTA
noun
A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pelta, from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē, “shield”).
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.
PELTA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PELTA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AELPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PELTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PELTA?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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