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PENCE

/pɛns/5 letters

Definition of PENCE

noun

plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

14th century contraction of penies (“pennies”), collective plural of penny.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PENCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 9 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
74
First board
108
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 74, 2 August 2026.

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Built from these letters

PENCE
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PENCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEENP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PENCE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PENCE?

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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.

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