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PURSUE

/pəˈsjuː/6 letters

Definition of PURSUE

verb

To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English pursuen, from Anglo-Norman pursure, poursuire etc., from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). Doublet of prosecute.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PURSUE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 6 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
25
First board
98
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PURSUE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PURSUE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EPRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start PURSUE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PURSUEDPURSUERPURSUESPURSUERS

Could you have found PURSUE?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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