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PONTILES
Definition of PONTILES
Wiktionary has no entry for PONTILES itself. This is its base word, PONTIL.
noun
Alternative form of punty (“rod used in glassblowing”).
noun
A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark.
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Word DNA
PONTILES inherits its ancestry from its root, PUNTY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PUNTY · 6 relatives 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.
PONTILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 105 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONTILES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PONTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found PONTILES?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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