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POIGNANCE
Definition of POIGNANCE
noun
Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poignant + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POIGNANT · 3 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.
POIGNANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POIGNANCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEGINNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start POIGNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POIGNANCE?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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