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PURSUIT
Definition of PURSUIT
noun
The act of pursuing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pursuyte, from Old French poursuite, from the verb porsuir (“to pursue”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,282)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURSUIT · 1 relative 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.
PURSUIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PURSUIT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IPRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PURSUI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PURSUIT?
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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