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PERDUS
Definition of PERDUS
noun
plural of perdu
adjective
Stationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu.
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Word DNA
PERDUS inherits its ancestry from its root, PERDU.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (336)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERDU · 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.
PERDUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERDUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found PERDUS?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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