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PETULANT
Definition of PETULANT
adjective
Childishly irritable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French, from Latin petulāns, akin to petō (“to ask for”).
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.
PETULANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PETULANT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AELNPTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T 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.
Words that start PETULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PETULANT?
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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