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PEDERASTY
Definition of PEDERASTY
noun
Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PEDERASTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDERASTY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEEPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PEDERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found PEDERASTY?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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