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PUNGENCE
Definition of PUNGENCE
noun
The quality of odor/odour that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pungēns, present participle of pungō (“to sting”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,371)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
PUNGENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 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
PUNGENCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEGNNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start PUNGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUNGENCE?
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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