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PANICUM
Definition of PANICUM
noun
Any of the genus Panicum of tropical grasses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From translingual Panicum (genus name), from New Latin panicum (“panicgrass”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANICUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANICUM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PANICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PANICUM?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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