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HANGI
Definition of HANGI
noun
A traditional Māori pit oven, in which (suitably wrapped) raw food is lain on a base of heated stones.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori hāngī.
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.
HANGI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 91, 19 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HANGI starts with H and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AGHIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HANGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HANGI?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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