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PUNISHER
Definition of PUNISHER
noun
One who punishes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From punish + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PUNISH · 4 relatives 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.
PUNISHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PUNISHER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHINPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUNISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found PUNISHER?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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