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POINTE
Definition of POINTE
noun
The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,125)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POINTE · 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.
POINTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
POINTE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINOPT - 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 POINTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found POINTE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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