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PERTINACIOUSLY
Definition of PERTINACIOUSLY
adverb
In a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously holding one's course of action or opinion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pertinacious + -ly, from Latin pertināx, from per- (“very”) + tenāx (“tenacious”), from teneō (“to hold”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERTINACIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERTINACIOUSLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILNOPRSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found PERTINACIOUSLY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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