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KIANG
Definition of KIANG
noun
A large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Tibetan རྐྱང (rkyang, “wild ass”).
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.
KIANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
KIANG starts with K and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIKN - 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.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found KIANG?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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