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PEDAL
Definition of PEDAL
noun
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pédale, itself borrowed from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis. By surface analysis, ped- + -al.
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.
PEDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADELP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PEDAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found PEDAL?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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