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PENTHOUSE

/ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/9 letters

Definition of PENTHOUSE

noun

A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather.

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Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“to append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

PENTHOUSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 11 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
31
First board
102
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 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 31, 20 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PENTHOUSE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PENTHOUSE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHNOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PENTHO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PENTHOUSEDPENTHOUSESPENTHOUSING

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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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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