The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PERVES
Definition of PERVES
noun
plural of perve
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Word DNA
PERVES inherits its ancestry from its root, PERV.
How it is built
Same root, PERV · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERVES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PERVES?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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