The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PERILUNE
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).
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.
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
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
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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