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PANDAN
Definition of PANDAN
noun
A screw pine, screw palms (Pandanus spp.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Malay pandan, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of hala via Hawaiian.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (90)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Hawaiian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANDAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANDAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADNNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Words that start PANDAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PANDAN?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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