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PEDAGOGICS
Definition of PEDAGOGICS
noun
The science or art of teaching; pedagogy.
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Word DNA
PEDAGOGICS inherits its ancestry from its root, PEDAGOGIC.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.5%
of traced words share this origin (3,477)
branch · 12.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PEDAGOGIC · 1 relative 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.
PEDAGOGICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDAGOGICS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGGIOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start PEDAGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PEDAGOGICS?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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