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PERSIFLAGE
Definition of PERSIFLAGE
noun
Good-natured banter; raillery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French persiflage, from persifler (“to quiz, tease, mock”), from per- + siffler (“to whistle”), from Latin sībilō (“whistle”).
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.
PERSIFLAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERSIFLAGE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFGILPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PERSIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found PERSIFLAGE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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