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PRINCESS
Definition of PRINCESS
noun
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English princesse, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman princesse, Old French princesse. By surface analysis, prince + -ess.
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.
PRINCESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PRINCESS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEINPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 PRINCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRINCESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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