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POULTICE

/ˈpoʊltɪs/8 letters

Definition of POULTICE

noun

A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English pultes, from Latin pultes, plural of puls. The phonological development from Middle English is regular; compare poultry.

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.

POULTICE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 101
Its 28 boards, across 101 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
28
Boards found on
19
First board
100
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.

Built from these letters

POULTICE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

POULTICE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEILOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 POULTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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