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PIGNORATE
Definition of PIGNORATE
adjective
Synonym of pignoratitious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin pignoratus, variant of earlier Latin pignerātus (“pledged, guaranteed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PIGNORATE · 2 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.
PIGNORATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
bigskygal17SUPPORTERContributor
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIGNORATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PIGNOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIGNORATE?
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