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PERTINENCIES
Definition of PERTINENCIES
noun
plural of pertinency
PERTINENCY
noun
The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
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Word DNA
PERTINENCIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PERTINENCY.
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 (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERTINENCY · 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.
PERTINENCIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERTINENCIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEEIINNPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, I and N appear more than once.
Words that start PERTINEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERTINENCIES?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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