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PENDULATE

/ˈpɛn.d͡ʒəl.eɪt/9 letters

Definition of PENDULATE

verb

To swing like a pendulum.

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb3 syllables

Same root, PENDULATE · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

PENDULATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 19 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
46
First board
138
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 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

gnawinglySUPPORTER

on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PENDULATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PENDULATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEELNPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses 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.

Could you have found PENDULATE?

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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.

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