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PILFER
Definition of PILFER
verb
To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier pilfre, from Middle English pilfre (“booty”), from Old French pelfre (“plunder, booty, spoils”), of unknown origin. Compare pelf.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PILFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 178 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILFER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFILPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PILFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PILFER?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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