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PANTED
Definition of PANTED
verb
simple past and past participle of pant
noun
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
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Where it comes from
From pant + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PANT · 5 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.
PANTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PANTED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADENPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PANTED?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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