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PEON
Definition of PEON
noun
A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a combination of Middle French pion, peon and Spanish peón, both from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”). Doublet of pawn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Spanish
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PEON · 2 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.
PEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PEON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ENOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PEON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PEON?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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