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PONTIFIES
Definition of PONTIFIES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of pontify
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Word DNA
PONTIFIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PONTIFY.
How it is built
Same root, PONTIFY · 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.
PONTIFIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONTIFIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFIINOPST - 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 37
Could you have found PONTIFIES?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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