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PANFLUTES
Definition of PANFLUTES
noun
plural of panflute (alternative spelling of pan flutes).
PANFLUTE
noun
Alternative spelling of pan flute.
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Word DNA
PANFLUTES inherits its ancestry from its root, PAN.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,655)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAN · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANFLUTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANFLUTES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFLNPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PANFLUTES?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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