Panoptic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 252 anagrams from letters in panoptic (acinoppt).
1820-30; Greek panópt(ēs) all-seeing + -ic. See pan-, optic
I suppose the town has a modern jail now—perhaps even with panoptic galleries!
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