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POIGNANT
Definition of POIGNANT
adjective
Sharp-pointed; keen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English poynaunt, poynant, borrowed from Anglo-Norman puignant, poynaunt etc., present participle of poindre (“to prick”), from Latin pungō (“prick”). Doublet of pungent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
POIGNANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POIGNANT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGINNOPT - 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 POIGNANT?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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