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POLISH
Definition of POLISH
noun
A substance used to polish.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.
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.
POLISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POLISH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HILOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POLISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found POLISH?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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