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PONTIFICATE
Definition of PONTIFICATE
noun
The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pontificatus, from pontifex (“high priest”), from pons (“bridge”) + facere (“make”).
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.
PONTIFICATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONTIFICATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIINOPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
Words that start PONTIFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PONTIFICATE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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