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PEONES
Definition of PEONES
noun
plural of peon
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish peones.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (437)
branch · 15.4% 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.
PEONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PEONES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EENOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found PEONES?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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