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PERSNICKETY
Definition of PERSNICKETY
adjective
US standard form of pernickety.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots persnickety, whence also pernickety. More at pernickety.
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.
PERSNICKETY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERSNICKETY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEIKNPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERSNIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PERSNICKETY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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