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PECTINATE
Definition of PECTINATE
adjective
Resembling a comb.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin pectinātus (“combed”), from pectinō (“to comb”), from pecten (“comb”). First attested in the mid-18th century. By surface analysis, Latin pectin- (“comb, scallop”) + -ate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PECTINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PECTINATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start PECTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PECTINATE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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