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PENUMBRAE
Definition of PENUMBRAE
noun
plural of penumbra
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin pēnumbrae.
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.
PENUMBRAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENUMBRAE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEMNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PENUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PENUMBRAE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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