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ASHTANGA
Definition of ASHTANGA
noun
The classical system of yoga described in the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टाङ्ग (aṣṭāṅga, “having eight parts”, literally “eight limbs”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (749)
branch · 1.5% 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.
ASHTANGA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASHTANGA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAAGHNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASHTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASHTANGA?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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