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PANTOGRAPH
Definition of PANTOGRAPH
noun
A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms causing two objects to move in parallel; notably as a drawing aid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French pantographe, from panto- (from Ancient Greek παντός (pantós), genitive singular of πᾶν (pân, “all”)), and -graphe (from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PANTOGRAPH · 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.
PANTOGRAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANTOGRAPH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AAGHNOPPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and A appear more than once.
Words that start PANTOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PANTOGRAPH?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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