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PERONEAL
Definition of PERONEAL
adjective
Pertaining to the fibula or to the part of the leg containing it, the outside (lateral aspect) of the lower leg (that is, what anatomical terminology calls the leg, from knee to foot).
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Where it comes from
From perona or peroneus + -al.
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.
PERONEAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERONEAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEELNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found PERONEAL?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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