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PERTUSED
Definition of PERTUSED
adjective
pertuse; pierced with holes
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERTUSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERTUSED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERTUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERTUSED?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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