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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (836)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PILFER · 3 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.
PILFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 69 boards so far. 321 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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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