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PONTIFICE
Definition of PONTIFICE
noun
Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pontificem, accusative singular of pontifex, from the noun pons, pontis (“a bridge”) + facere (“to make”). Compare pontiff.
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.
PONTIFICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONTIFICE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEFIINOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PONTIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PONTIFICE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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