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POPLITEAL
Definition of POPLITEAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the popliteus (the area behind the knee).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin popliteus (from Latin poples (“ham, knee”)) + -al.
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.
POPLITEAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POPLITEAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEILLOPPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and L appear 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.
Words that start POPLIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POPLITEAL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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