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PANTILE
Definition of PANTILE
noun
A type of interlocking roof tile with a rounded under and over, giving it an elongated S-shaped (ogee) cross section.
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Where it comes from
From pan + tile.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PANTILE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PANTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found PANTILE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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