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PENDULINE
Definition of PENDULINE
noun
A penduline tit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French penduline. See pendulum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,034)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
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.
PENDULINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENDULINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEILNNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start PENDUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENDULINE?
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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