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PERSE
Definition of PERSE
noun
A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pers, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persus, back-formed from Persicus (“Persian”), from Ancient Greek Περσικός (Persikós). Compare peach.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,145)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERSE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Persian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERSE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PERSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PERSE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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