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PENTICE
Definition of PENTICE
noun
An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pentis, pendize, and other spellings; from Anglo-Norman pentiz, aphetic of Old French apentis (“appendage, attached building”), from Medieval Latin appendicium, from Latin appendo (“to hang”). Doublet of appentice and penthouse.
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.
PENTICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENTICE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEINPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PENTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENTICE?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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