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PILLORY
Definition of PILLORY
noun
A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin pīla (“pillar”).
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.
PILLORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILLORY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILLOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PILLOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PILLORY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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