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PRAGMATICS
Definition of PRAGMATICS
noun
The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.
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Word DNA
PRAGMATICS inherits its ancestry from its root, PRAGMATIC.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRAGMATIC · 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.
PRAGMATICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRAGMATICS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACGIMPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PRAGMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PRAGMATICS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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