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POOREST
Definition of POOREST
adjective
superlative form of poor: most poor.
adjective
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
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Word DNA
POOREST inherits its ancestry from its root, POOR.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, POOR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POOREST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
POOREST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EOOPRST - 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.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found POOREST?
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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