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PUERILE
Definition of PUERILE
adjective
Childish; trifling; silly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -ile.
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.
PUERILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 234 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PUERILE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PUERIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PUERILE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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