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PELTRY
Definition of PELTRY
noun
Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French peleterie, the trade of a skinner or peltmonger (peletier). Equivalent to pelt + -ry.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,430)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PELTRY · 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.
PELTRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PELTRY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELPRTY - 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.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found PELTRY?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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