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PURLOINED
Definition of PURLOINED
verb
simple past and past participle of purloin
verb
To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
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Word DNA
PURLOINED inherits its ancestry from its root, PURLOIN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (848)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURLOIN · 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.
PURLOINED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 181 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURLOINED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILNOPRU - 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 35
Could you have found PURLOINED?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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