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PURLOIN
Definition of PURLOIN
verb
To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English purloynen (“to remove”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman purloigner (“to put far away”), one of the variants of Old French porloignier. Doublet of prolong.
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.
PURLOIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 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
PURLOIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ILNOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PURLOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PURLOIN?
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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