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PILAF
Definition of PILAF
noun
A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پلاو (modern Turkish pilav), from Classical Persian پلاو (pilāw), from Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), which is probably of Dravidian origin. Akin to Tamil புழுக்கு (puḻukku, “cooked rice”). Doublet of pulao.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (777)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PILAF · 9 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.
PILAF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILAF starts with P and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read AFILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PILAF?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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