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PERIPHERY
Definition of PERIPHERY
noun
The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French peripherie. Compare Middle English periferie (“one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth”), from the same origin, although the Modern English term most likely does not descend from it.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (828)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Middle 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.
PERIPHERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERIPHERY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEHIPPRRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, E and R appear more than once.
Words that start PERIPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERIPHERY?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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