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PERFECTO
Definition of PERFECTO
adjective
Perfect, excellent, brilliant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish perfecto (“perfect”), from Latin perfectus. Doublet of parfait, perfect, and perfectus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERFECTO · 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.
PERFECTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PERFECTO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CEEFOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERFEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found PERFECTO?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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