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PULVINUS
Definition of PULVINUS
noun
A joint on a plant leaf or petiole that may swell and cause movement of the leaf or leaflet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion, pillow, bolster”). Doublet of pillow, polverine, pulvino, pulvillus, and pulvinulus, as well as others.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PULVINUS · 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.
PULVINUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PULVINUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILNPSUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PULVIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found PULVINUS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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