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POPELING
Definition of POPELING
noun
A deputy or petty pope.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pope + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POPE · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POPELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POPELING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILNOPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found POPELING?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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