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PURCHASE
Definition of PURCHASE
noun
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).
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.
PURCHASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PURCHASE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PURCHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PURCHASE?
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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