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PEND
Definition of PEND
verb
To hang down; to cause something to hang down
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.
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.
PEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
PEND starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found PEND?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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