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PASSANT
Definition of PASSANT
adjective
Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English passaunt (c. 1300), from Old French passant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,496)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PASSANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PASSANT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AANPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PASSANT?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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