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PERMUTATE

/ˈpɜːmjʊteɪt/9 letters

Definition of PERMUTATE

verb

To carry out a permutation upon.

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb3 syllables

Same root, PERMUTATE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PERMUTATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its 3 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
106
First board
154
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

gopp

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PERMUTATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PERMUTATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEMPRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.

Words that start PERMUT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PERMUTATE?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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