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PENGUINS
Definition of PENGUINS
noun
plural of penguin
noun
Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.
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Word DNA
PENGUINS inherits its ancestry from its root, PENGUIN.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PENGUIN · 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.
PENGUINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENGUINS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGINNPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start PENGUI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENGUINS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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