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PONCEY
Definition of PONCEY
adjective
Alternative spelling of poncy.
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a ponce. Intended to impress others, particularly in an excessively refined or ostentatious manner; affected, pretentious. Chiefly of a male person: effeminate; gay, homosexual.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PONCEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONCEY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CENOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PONCEY?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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