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PALINGENESY
Definition of PALINGENESY
noun
Rebirth; regeneration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French, French palingénésie, from Late Latin palingenesia: see further at palingenesis.
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
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,639)
branch · 32.5% 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.
PALINGENESY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALINGENESY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEEGILNNPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start PALINGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALINGENESY?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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