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PANNICKS
Definition of PANNICKS
noun
plural of pannick
PANIC · via pannick
adjective
Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”).
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Word DNA
PANNICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, PANIC.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PANIC · 11 relatives 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.
PANNICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
Built from these letters
PANNICKS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIKNNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PANNIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PANNICKS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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