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PORPOISE
Definition of PORPOISE
noun
A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “hog-fish”), taken from Latin porcus (“hog, pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marīnus (“sea hog”); akin in formation to Frankish *mariswīn (“porpoise, dolphin”) (whence German Meerschwein, English mereswine). Displaced native Middle English brunswyn. More at mereswine.
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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.
PORPOISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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
PORPOISE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIOOPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start PORPOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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