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PUGILIST
Definition of PUGILIST
noun
One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
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Where it comes from
From Latin pugil (“boxer”) + -ist, related to pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”). Compare contemporary pugilism (“boxing”) (1791).
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.
PUGILIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 375 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUGILIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GIILPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PUGILI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PUGILIST?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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