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PERMUTE
Definition of PERMUTE
verb
To change the order of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English permuten, from Old French permuter, from Latin permūtāre.
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.
PERMUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERMUTE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERMUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PERMUTE?
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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