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PANTALEON
Definition of PANTALEON
noun
A very large dulcimer, invented around 1700.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Pantaleon, as it was invented by Pantaleon Hebenstreit. Doublet of pantaloon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PANTALEON · 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.
PANTALEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANTALEON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAELNNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PANTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PANTALEON?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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