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DONG
Definition of DONG
noun
The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 / 铜 (tóng, “copper”).
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.
DONG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DONG starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DONG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found DONG?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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