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PENK

/ˈpɛŋk/4 letters

Definition of PENK

noun

A minnow.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

PENK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 110
Its 5 boards, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
52
First board
108
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

glenwood

on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

PENK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read EKNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start PENK

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PENKSPENKNIFEPENKNIVES

Could you have found PENK?

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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.

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