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PENDULUM
Definition of PENDULUM
noun
A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. The tendency of a situation to oscillate (between two extremes).
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from the neuter of Latin pendulus (“hanging”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PENDULUM · 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.
PENDULUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PENDULUM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DELMNPUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U 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.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found PENDULUM?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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