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PERIODS
Definition of PERIODS
noun
plural of period
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Word DNA
PERIODS inherits its ancestry from its root, PERIOD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERIOD · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERIODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERIODS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PERIOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PERIODS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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