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POLICES
Definition of POLICES
noun
plural of police (“police officer”)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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.
POLICES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
POLICES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POLICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLICES?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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