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PURULENT
Definition of PURULENT
adjective
Consisting of pus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle 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 (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURULENT · 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.
PURULENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 117 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURULENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELNPRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PURULE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found PURULENT?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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