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PERM
Definition of PERM
noun
Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Short for permanent.
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.
PERM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PERM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PERM?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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