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PENUCKLES
Definition of PENUCKLES
Wiktionary has no entry for PENUCKLES itself. This is its base word, PENUCKLE.
noun
Alternative form of pinochle.
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Word DNA
PENUCKLES inherits its ancestry from its root, PINOCHLE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,395)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PINOCHLE · 6 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.
PENUCKLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENUCKLES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEKLNPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found PENUCKLES?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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