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PETROLAGE
Definition of PETROLAGE
noun
The killing of mosquitos by adding petroleum to the surface of the water where they are found.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From petrol + -age.
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.
PETROLAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PETROLAGE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PETROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PETROLAGE?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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