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PEDALO
Definition of PEDALO
noun
A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pédalo, a genericized trademark. By surface analysis, pedal + -o.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,087)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PEDALO · 2 relatives 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.
PEDALO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDALO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADELOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PEDALO?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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