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PERSONA
Definition of PERSONA
noun
A social role.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin persōna (“mask; character”), of uncertain origin. Suggested to be from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask; masked individual; actor”), which could be a loan from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face; appearance; mask used in ancient theatre to denote a character or, more generally, a social role”). Doublet of person and parson.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERSONA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PERSONA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AENOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PERSON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found PERSONA?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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