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PENALITY
Definition of PENALITY
noun
The quality or state of being penal; liability to punishment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See penalty.
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.
PENALITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENALITY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILNPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PENALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PENALITY?
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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