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PERINEUMS

9 letters

Definition of PERINEUMS

noun

plural of perineum

PERINEUM

noun

The region between the genitalia and anus.

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Word DNA

PERINEUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PERINEUM.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,695)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, PERINEUM · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

PERINEUMS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 31 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
31
Boards found on
35
First board
147
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

jackiedenardo

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PERINEUMS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start PERINE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PERINEAPERINEALPERINEUMPERINEURALPERINEURIAPERINEPHRIAPERINEPHRICPERINEURIALPERINEURIUM

Could you have found PERINEUMS?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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