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PONTIFY
Definition of PONTIFY
verb
To pontificate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pontiff + -fy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
PONTIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 94 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONTIFY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FINOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PONTIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PONTIFY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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