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PUERPERIA

/ˌpju.ɚˈpɪɹi.ə/9 letters

Definition of PUERPERIA

noun

plural of puerperium

PUERPERIUM

noun

The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.

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Word DNA

PUERPERIA inherits its ancestry from its root, PUERPERIUM.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (24,817)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-ium-us

Same root, PUERPERIUM · 1 relative in the game

PUERPERIUM

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PUERPERIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

markcc

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PUERPERIA
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PUERPERIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEEIPPRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, E and R appear more than once.

Words that start PUERPE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PUERPERAPUERPERAEPUERPERALPUERPERIUMPUERPERALLYPUERPERIUMS

Could you have found PUERPERIA?

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