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PANDECTS
Definition of PANDECTS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
PANDECTS inherits its ancestry from its root, PANDECT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, PANDECT · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANDECTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANDECTS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDENPST - 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 54
Could you have found PANDECTS?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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