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PIGHTLE
Definition of PIGHTLE
noun
A small piece of enclosed land, often by a hedge. Some authorities also indicate that a pightle tends to be associated with a house or messuage.
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Where it comes from
Uncertain; probably a diminutive; forms widely attested from the early 13th century CE. Manning sees two different origins for the picle and pightle types, picle deriving from the verb to pick, as a portion of land picked off from a larger field, but pightle deriving from pight, an archaic past participle of the verb to pitch, as a portion of land pitched or set out from an open field. Since many dictionaries conflate the two terms, it is likely that they have influenced each other. Pingle seems to have appeared somewhat later than the other two types. Many instances of alternation with them are known, but it is unclear if it has a separate origin. Reformation by folk etymology with terms like piddle and pigtail is common.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PIGHTLE · 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.
PIGHTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PIGHTLE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGHILPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PIGHTLE?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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