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PULVERINE

9 letters

Definition of PULVERINE

noun

ashes of barilla

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin pulvis, pulveris (“dust, powder”). Compare French pulvérin.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

PULVERINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 117
Its one board, across 117 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
113
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

chordie

on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PULVERINE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PULVERINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILNPRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PULVER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PULVERINE?

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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.

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