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PENULTIMA
Definition of PENULTIMA
noun
the next to last syllable in a word
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PENULTIMA carries 3 further meanings.
noun
Same as penult.
noun
Same as penult.
noun
penult; last syllable but one
Where it comes from
From Latin, from pēnultimus, paenultimus (“the last but one”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PENULTIMA · 1 relative 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.
PENULTIMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENULTIMA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEILMNPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PENULT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found PENULTIMA?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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