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POETESS
Definition of POETESS
noun
A female poet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poet + -ess. Compare Middle English poetresse (“poetess”).
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.
POETESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POETESS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEOPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start POETES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POETESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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