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PIGEONHOLERS
Definition of PIGEONHOLERS
noun
plural of pigeonholer
PIGEONHOLER
noun
One who pigeonholes.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PIGEONHOLERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIGEONHOLERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHILNOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PIGEONHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIGEONHOLERS?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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