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PENURIOUSLY
Definition of PENURIOUSLY
adverb
In a penurious manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From penurious + -ly.
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.
PENURIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PENURIOUSLY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILNOPRSUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PENURIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found PENURIOUSLY?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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