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POPULACE

/ˈpɒpjʊləs/8 letters

Definition of POPULACE

noun

The common people of a nation.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio, from popolo + -accio (“pejorative suffix”), from Latin populus.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

POPULACE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 117
Its one board, across 117 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
117
First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

zonderfall

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

POPULACE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

POPULACE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELOPPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.

Words that start POPULA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

POPULARPOPULARSPOPULATEPOPULACESPOPULARLYPOPULATEDPOPULATESPOPULARISEPOPULARITYPOPULARIZEPOPULATINGPOPULATION

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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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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