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PORTENTOUS
Definition of PORTENTOUS
adjective
Of momentous or ominous significance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Of multiple origins:
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PORTENTOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PORTENTOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENOOPRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Words that start PORTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PORTENTOUS?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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