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PENDULUMS
Definition of PENDULUMS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
PENDULUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PENDULUM.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% 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.
PENDULUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PENDULUMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DELMNPSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PENDUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PENDULUMS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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