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PANTS
Definition of PANTS
noun
An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
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Where it comes from
Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers. Doublet of pantsu. The verb is from the noun.
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.
PANTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PANTS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ANPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PANTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PANTS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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