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PRISTINE

/ˈpɹɪstiːn/8 letters

Definition of PRISTINE

adjective

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.5%

of traced words share this origin (24,890)

Italic

branch · 30.5% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, PRISTINE · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PRISTINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 146 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 165
Its 53 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
53
Boards found on
7
First board
163
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

PRISTINE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PRISTINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIINPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start PRISTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PRISTINE?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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