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PENALITIES
Definition of PENALITIES
noun
plural of penality
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Word DNA
PENALITIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PENALITY.
How it is built
Same root, PENALITY · 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.
PENALITIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 63 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENALITIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEIILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start PENALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PENALITIES?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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