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PRIMULA
Definition of PRIMULA
noun
Any plant of the genus Primula; the primroses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The genus Primula was named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778) after Latin primus (“first”) because it flowers early.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRIMULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PRIMULA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AILMPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PRIMUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRIMULA?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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