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PONDED
Definition of PONDED
verb
simple past and past participle of pond
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Word DNA
PONDED inherits its ancestry from its root, POND.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,137)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POND · 3 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.
PONDED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONDED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDENOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found PONDED?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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