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PANINI
Definition of PANINI
noun
plural of panino
noun
A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian panini, plural of panino (literally “small 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 (1,395)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PANINI · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANINI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANINI starts with P and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIINNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and I appear more than once.
Could you have found PANINI?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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