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PAEDAGOGUES
Definition of PAEDAGOGUES
noun
plural of paedagogue (alternative spelling of pedagogues).
PEDAGOGUE · via paedagogue
noun
A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
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Word DNA
PAEDAGOGUES inherits its ancestry from its root, PEDAGOGUE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PEDAGOGUE · 7 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.
PAEDAGOGUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAEDAGOGUES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEEGGOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, E and G appear more than once.
Words that start PAEDAGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAEDAGOGUES?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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