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PERTNESS
Definition of PERTNESS
noun
The quality of being pert; cheekiness, impudence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pert + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PERT · 5 relatives 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.
PERTNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERTNESS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EENPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PERTNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERTNESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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