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PILAUS
Definition of PILAUS
noun
plural of pilau
PILAF · via pilau
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.
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Word DNA
PILAUS inherits its ancestry from its root, PILAF.
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.
PILAUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILAUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AILPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PILAUS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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