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PENDULE
Definition of PENDULE
noun
A pendulum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pendule.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,118)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PENDULE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PENDULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PENDULE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEELNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PENDUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found PENDULE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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