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PANDECT
Definition of PANDECT
noun
Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).
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Where it comes from
Sense 3 (“comprehensive treatise”) is from Latin pandectēs (“book that contains everything, encyclopedia”), from Ancient Greek πανδέκτης (pandéktēs, “encyclopedia”, literally “all-receiver”), from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all’) (from πᾶς (pâs, “all”)) + δέκτης (déktēs, “receiver, recipient”) (from δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”) (from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take; to perceive”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming agent nouns)). Sense 1 (“compendium of writings on Roman law”) in the plural form Pandects is from Late Latin pandectae (“the Pandects”), the plural of pandectēs, modelled after (Byzantine) Ancient Greek πανδέκται (pandéktai, “the Pandects”), the plural of πανδέκτης (pandéktēs): see further above.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANDECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
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Built from these letters
PANDECT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDENPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PANDEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
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