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PILGARLIC

/pɪlˈɡɑːlɪk/9 letters

Definition of PILGARLIC

noun

A bald-headed person.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From pilled/peeled + garlic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PILGARLIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
117
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

ambar_of_kotuSUPPORTER

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PILGARLIC
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PILGARLIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACGIILLPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and L appear more than once.

Words that start PILGAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PILGARLICKPILGARLICSPILGARLICKSPILGARLICKY

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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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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