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POND
Definition of POND
noun
An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
POND starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POND?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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