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PIACULAR
Definition of PIACULAR
adjective
Requiring atonement or reparation: wicked, sinful, bad.
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Where it comes from
Early 17th century, from French piaculaire, from Latin piacularis, derived from piaculum, from piō (“to appease, purify, expiate”) +-culum (instrumental suffix).
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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.
PIACULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PIACULAR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACILPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PIACUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIACULAR?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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