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PONCY
Definition 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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Where it comes from
From ponce (“kept man; pimp; effeminate man; homosexual man”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
PONCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONCY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found PONCY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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