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PETALINE

8 letters

Definition of PETALINE

adjective

petalous (pertaining to, attached to, or resembling a petal)

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Compare French pétalin.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

PETALINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
106
First board
117
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

noghiri

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PETALINE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PETALINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILNPT - 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.

TAPELINE

Words that start PETALI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PETALISMPETALISMS

Could you have found PETALINE?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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