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PEEN
Definition of PEEN
noun
The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PEEN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EENP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PEEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PEEN?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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