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PERCENTS
Definition of PERCENTS
noun
plural of percent
adverb
For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
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Word DNA
PERCENTS inherits its ancestry from its root, PERCENT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERCENT · 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.
PERCENTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PERCENTS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEENPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 PERCEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PERCENTS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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