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PONIARD
Definition of PONIARD
noun
A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French poignard (whence -ard), from poing (“fist”), from Old French poing, from Latin pugnus (“fist”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PONIARD · 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.
PONIARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONIARD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADINOPR - 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 PONIAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found PONIARD?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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