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PENNES
Definition of PENNES
Wiktionary has no entry for PENNES itself. This is its base word, PENNE.
noun
A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PENNE.
Borrowed from Italian penne, plural of penna.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,419)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PENNE · 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.
PENNES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENNES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EENNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PENNES?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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