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PURSLANE
Definition of PURSLANE
noun
Any of the family Portulacaceae (order Caryophyllales) of succulent plants. common purslane or summer purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a widely-grown edible plant moss-rose purslane, moss rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
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Where it comes from
From Old French porcelaine, probably an alteration of Latin porcilaca (“purslane”) (related to portulaca (“purslane”)) to assimilate it with porcelaine (“porcelain”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURSLANE · 2 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.
PURSLANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 130 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 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 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURSLANE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELNPRSU - 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 PURSLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PURSLANE?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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