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PURLINS
Definition of PURLINS
noun
plural of purlin
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Word DNA
PURLINS inherits its ancestry from its root, PURLIN.
Line of descent
- French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURLIN · 3 relatives 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.
PURLINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 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 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURLINS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILNPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PURLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PURLINS?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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