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PONTIFICES
Definition of PONTIFICES
noun
plural of pontifex
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Word DNA
PONTIFICES inherits its ancestry from its root, PONTIFIC.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step 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, PONTIFIC · 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.
PONTIFICES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONTIFICES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFIINOPST - 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.
Could you have found PONTIFICES?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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