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PAGEANT
Definition of PAGEANT
noun
An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAGEANT · 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.
PAGEANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PAGEANT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAEGNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PAGEAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PAGEANT?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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