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PENUMBRAL
Definition of PENUMBRAL
adjective
Of, or pertaining to, the penumbra.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From penumbra + -al.
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.
PENUMBRAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 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 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PENUMBRAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABELMNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PENUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found PENUMBRAL?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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