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PUGIL
Definition of PUGIL
noun
As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PUGIL carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A boxer; a pugilist.
noun
As much as can be taken up between the thumb and the first two fingers; a pinch.
noun
As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin pugillus, pugillum (“a fistful”), akin to pugnus (“the fist”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PUGIL · 1 relative 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.
PUGIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 156 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUGIL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read GILPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUGIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found PUGIL?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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