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PERTINENT
Definition of PERTINENT
noun
A right that attaches to land, in Scots law.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English pertinent, borrowed from Old French pertinent and Latin pertinēns, pertinentem.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations 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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERTINENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERTINENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEINNPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, T and N appear more than once.
Words that start PERTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERTINENT?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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