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PERILUNE

8 letters

Definition of PERILUNE

noun

The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its minimum.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From peri- + Latin lūna (“moon”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PERILUNE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 6 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
62
First board
102
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

stampsthecat

on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PERILUNE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PERILUNE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PERILU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PERILUNE?

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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.

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