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PERTAINED
Definition of PERTAINED
verb
simple past and past participle of pertain
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERTAINED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 67, 26 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERTAINED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEINPRT - 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 PERTAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PERTAINED?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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