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PUBESCENT
Definition of PUBESCENT
adjective
At or just after the age of puberty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PUBESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 322 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUBESCENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BCEENPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PUBESC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PUBESCENT?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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