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HOUNGAN
Definition of HOUNGAN
noun
A (male) voodoo priest.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Haitian Creole oungan, apparently from Fon houn (“spirit”) + Kongo nganga (“high priest”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
HOUNGAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOUNGAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGHNNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start HOUNGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOUNGAN?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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