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PENDANTLY

/ˈpɛnd(ə)nt/9 letters

Definition of PENDANTLY

Wiktionary has no entry for PENDANTLY itself. This is its base word, PENDANT.

noun

A supporting post attached to the main rafter.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for PENDANT.

From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle French
  2. Anglo-Norman
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Middle French

Deepest traced root

13th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.1%

of traced words share this origin (914)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Every Middle French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PENDANTLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its 2 boards, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
132
First board
169
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

comixPATRON

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PENDANTLY
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PENDANTLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADELNNPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start PENDAN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PENDANTLY?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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