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PRAISES
Definition of PRAISES
noun
plural of praise
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Word DNA
PRAISES inherits its ancestry from its root, PRAISE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,182)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRAISE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRAISES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PRAISES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PRAISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRAISES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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