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PENCEL
Definition of PENCEL
noun
A small pennon; a little banner, flag, or streamer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman pencel, reduced form of penuncel. See pennoncel. By surface analysis, pen + Old French -cel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (108)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PENCEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENCEL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CEELNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PENCEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENCEL?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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