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PERICOPAL
Definition of PERICOPAL
adjective
Of or relating to a pericope.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pericope + -al.
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.
PERICOPAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERICOPAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEILOPPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start PERICO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERICOPAL?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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