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PANETTONE
Definition of PANETTONE
noun
A soft Italian sourdough brioche from Milan, with candied fruit, usually prepared for Christmas as a dessert.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian panettone, from Lombard panaton, an augmentative of pan (“bread”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,422)
branch · 12.8% 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.
PANETTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 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
PANETTONE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEENNOPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PANETT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PANETTONE?
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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