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PENMAN
Definition of PENMAN
noun
A scribe, or a person who copies texts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pen + -man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PEN · 14 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.
PENMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENMAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEMNNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start PENMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENMAN?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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