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GALINGALE
Definition of GALINGALE
noun
Alternative spelling of galangal.
GALANGAL
noun
Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English galingale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), from Persian قولنجان (qulenjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese 高良薑／高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng), from 高涼 / 高凉 (Gāoliáng) (a prefecture or county in China) + 薑 / 姜 (jiāng, “ginger”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (167)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GALINGALE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GALINGALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GALINGALE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGGILLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G, A and L appear more than once.
Could you have found GALINGALE?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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