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PANCAKED
Definition of PANCAKED
verb
simple past and past participle of pancake
noun
A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular: An thin batter cake similar to a crepe, typically unleavened. A leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.
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Word DNA
PANCAKED inherits its ancestry from its root, PANCAKE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PANCAKE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANCAKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PANCAKED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEKNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PANCAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PANCAKED?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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