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PTARMIGANS
Definition of PTARMIGANS
noun
plural of ptarmigan
noun
Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.
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Another sense
PTARMIGANS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of ptarmigan.
Word DNA
PTARMIGANS inherits its ancestry from its root, PTARMIGAN.
Line of descent
- Scottish Gaelic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (47)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PTARMIGAN · 1 relative in the game
PTARMIGANS in a sentence
“So they settled on Chicken, since miners also called ptarmigans "tundra chickens."”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PTARMIGANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PTARMIGANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGIMNPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PTARMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PTARMIGANS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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