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PENDULAR
Definition of PENDULAR
adjective
Characteristic of the motion of a pendulum.
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Other senses
PENDULAR carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of or resembling the motion of a pendulum; swinging back and forth.
Of or relating to a pendulum: as, pendular vibration.
adjective
Pendulous.
adjective
pendulous
Word DNA
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.
PENDULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PENDULAR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADELNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PENDULAR. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PENDUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PENDULAR?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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