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PERN
Definition of PERN
noun
Part of a spinning wheel, a conical spool onto which the thread is wound from the spindle.
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Where it comes from
Presumably from a verb pern, a variant of preen, from Middle English prene; pernyng is read by some editors in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (v. 611) and interpreted as the present participle of this verb, also reflected dialectally as pirn (“reel; bobbin”). See also pirl.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 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 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ENPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found PERN?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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