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PURITANS
Definition of PURITANS
noun
plural of puritan
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Word DNA
PURITANS inherits its ancestry from its root, PURITAN.
How it is built
Same root, PURITAN · 1 relative 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.
PURITANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURITANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AINPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PURITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found PURITANS?
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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