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POOR
Definition of POOR
adjective
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper. Displanced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”, from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”, from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)) and almost fully arm.
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.
POOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POOR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read OOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found POOR?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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