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PURLIEU
Definition of PURLIEU
noun
The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English purlewe (“piece of land on the edge of a forest”), modification under the influence of Old French lieu (“place”) of porale, purale (“royal perambulation”), from Old French porale, from poraler (“to traverse”), from por- (“forth”) (from Latin prō-) + aler, aller (“to go”).
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.
PURLIEU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURLIEU starts with P and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read EILPRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found PURLIEU?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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