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PERONEUS
Definition of PERONEUS
noun
Any of several muscles of the lateral side of the leg, which arise from the fibula and act to move the foot.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin peroneus, clipping of mūsculus peroneus (“peroneal muscle”).
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.
PERONEUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERONEUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EENOPRSU - 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 26
Could you have found PERONEUS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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