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PURGE
Definition of PURGE
verb
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English purgen, from Old French purgier, from Latin pūrgō (“to make pure, to cleanse”), from pūrus (“clean, pure”) + agō (“to make, to do”). The slang sense derived via the 2013 film The Purge.
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.
PURGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURGE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PURGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PURGE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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