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PANKOS
Definition of PANKOS
Wiktionary has no entry for PANKOS itself. This is its base word, PANKO.
noun
Coarse, dry breadcrumbs used in Japanese cuisine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PANKO.
Borrowed from Japanese パン粉 (panko).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (296)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PANKO · 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.
PANKOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANKOS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AKNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found PANKOS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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