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PENIS
Definition of PENIS
noun
The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin pēnis, from Proto-Italic *peznis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes- (“penis”). First attested in the late 17th century. Doublet of pencil. Displaced native English pintle, tarse, pillicock.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PENIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 123 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PENIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PENIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENIS?
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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