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PANELING

/ˈpænəlɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of PANELING

verb

Alternative spelling of panelling.

PANELLING

noun

The panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.

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Word DNA

PANELING inherits its ancestry from its root, PANEL.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. Anglo-Norman
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

8.8%

of traced words share this origin (2,488)

How it is built

verb3 syllables

Same root, PANEL · 4 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old English.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PANELING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 140
Its one board, across 140 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

8t64tsevn

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PANELING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PANELING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start PANELI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PANELISTPANELINGSPANELISEDPANELISTSPANELIZED

Could you have found PANELING?

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