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POINTEL
Definition of POINTEL
noun
A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French [Term?], from Latin punctillum (“a little point”). Cognate with Spanish puntilla (“tiptoe; small dagger used in bullfighting”). Doublet of pontil.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POINTEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POINTEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POINTEL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EILNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use 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.
Could you have found POINTEL?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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