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PUBLISH
Definition of PUBLISH
verb
To issue (something, such as printed work) for distribution and/or sale.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English publicen (by analogy with banish, finish), from Old French publier, from Latin publicare (“to make public, show or tell to the people, make known, declare, also (and earlier) confiscate for public use”), from publicus (“pertaining to the people, public”); see public.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PUBLISH · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PUBLISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
PUBLISH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHILPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUBLIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PUBLISH?
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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