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ANTEPENULTIMA
Definition of ANTEPENULTIMA
noun
The last syllable of a word except two
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin antepaenultima, antepenultima (“antepenultimate”); feminine gender, agreeing with syllaba (“syllable”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,371)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANTEPENULTIMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 154, 21 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ANTEPENULTIMA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEEILMNNPTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, N, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start ANTEPENUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANTEPENULTIMA?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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