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PERNIO
Definition of PERNIO
noun
Synonym of chilblain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin pernio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% 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.
PERNIO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERNIO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EINOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PERNIO?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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