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PULAO
Definition of PULAO
noun
Alternative form of pilaf.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पुलाव (pulāv) / Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo)), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀕 (*pulāga), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), probably of Dravidian origin. Doublet of pilaf.
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.
PULAO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PULAO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ALOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PULAO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found PULAO?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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