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PERCENTILE
Definition of PERCENTILE
noun
Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
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Where it comes from
Coined by Francis Galton in 1885, from percent + -ile.
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.
PERCENTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PERCENTILE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEEILNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERCEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERCENTILE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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