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PERNIL
Definition of PERNIL
noun
Slow-roasted marinated pork leg or shoulder, typically marinated with sofrito, as prepared in the cuisines of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish pernil.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (973)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERNIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERNIL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EILNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PERNIL?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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