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PERIWINKLES
Definition of PERIWINKLES
noun
plural of periwinkle
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Word DNA
PERIWINKLES inherits its ancestry from its root, PERIWINKLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERIWINKLE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French, German, Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERIWINKLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERIWINKLES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIIKLNPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PERIWINKLES?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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