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PENIES
Definition of PENIES
noun
plural of peny
PENNY · via peny
noun
In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
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Word DNA
PENIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PENNY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PENNY · 5 relatives 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.
PENIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PENIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PENIES?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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