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PURCHASES
Definition of PURCHASES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
PURCHASES inherits its ancestry from its root, PURCHASE.
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (281)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURCHASE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PURCHASES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURCHASES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHPRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start PURCHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PURCHASES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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