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PENUCHE
Definition of PENUCHE
noun
A fudge made from brown sugar, butter, milk, and often nuts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian panucci.
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 (1,346)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PENUCHE · 5 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.
PENUCHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENUCHE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PENUCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENUCHE?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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