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PANGENE
Definition of PANGENE
noun
A supposed particle with which heritable character was transmitted during cell division.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by Dutch geneticist Hugo de Vries in 1889, from pangenesis. By surface analysis, pan- + -gene.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (225)
branch · 22.8% 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.
PANGENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
Built from these letters
PANGENE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGNNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start PANGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PANGENE?
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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