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PIAFFES
Definition of PIAFFES
noun
plural of piaffe
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Word DNA
PIAFFES inherits its ancestry from its root, PIAFFE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,880)
branch · 15.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PIAFFE · 2 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.
PIAFFES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
PIAFFES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFFIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PIAFFE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIAFFES?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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