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PONE
Definition of PONE
noun
A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English pone, from Anglo-Norman pone, from Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative of pōnere (“to place”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations 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, PONE · 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.
PONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PONE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ENOP - 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 PONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found PONE?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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