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PUNCTULE
Definition of PUNCTULE
noun
A little point or spot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pūnctulum. By surface analysis, punct(us) + -ule.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PUNCTULE · 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.
PUNCTULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
Built from these letters
PUNCTULE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELNPTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PUNCTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUNCTULE?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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