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PURISTICAL
Definition of PURISTICAL
adjective
puristic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From purist + -ical.
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.
PURISTICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURISTICAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACIILPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PURIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PURISTICAL?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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