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PULE
Definition of PULE
noun
A plaintive melancholy whine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,118)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PULE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PULE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PULE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found PULE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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