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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”).
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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 42 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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