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PENOLOGIST
Definition of PENOLOGIST
noun
A student of, or expert in, penology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From penology + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PENOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PENOLOGIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGILNOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PENOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENOLOGIST?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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