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PIGNOLI
Definition of PIGNOLI
noun
pine nuts
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian pinoli (“pine nuts”) (by confusion with pignoli (“fussy people”)?).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (576)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PIGNOLI · 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.
PIGNOLI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PIGNOLI starts with P and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read GIILNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PIGNOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIGNOLI?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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