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PRUNUS
Definition of PRUNUS
noun
A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin prūnus. Doublet of prune and plum.
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.
PRUNUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PRUNUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read NPRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
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 PRUNUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found PRUNUS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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