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REPULSE
Definition of REPULSE
verb
To repel or drive back.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English repulsen, a learned borrowing from Latin repulsus, from repellō. For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REPULSE · 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.
REPULSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
REPULSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start REPULS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found REPULSE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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