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PERIWINKLE
Definition of PERIWINKLE
noun
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Diminutive of Middle English perwinke, from Old English perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca).
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.
PERIWINKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PERIWINKLE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIIKLNPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start PERIWI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERIWINKLE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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