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PETULANCE
Definition of PETULANCE
noun
Rudeness, insolence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French pétulance, and its source, Latin petulantia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PETULANCE · 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.
PETULANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 152 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PETULANCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PETULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PETULANCE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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