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POULAINE
Definition of POULAINE
noun
A long, pointed toe of a shoe, a style fashionable in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman poleine (“(shoe with a) pointed toe”) and Middle French poulaine (“(shoe with a) pointed toe”), apparently from Old French poulain (“Polish”) (compare crackow), the style being supposed to be Polish. Possibly related to poleyn (“knee armor”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (123)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POULAINE · 1 relative 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.
POULAINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POULAINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILNOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found POULAINE?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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