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KRANG
Definition of KRANG
noun
The portions of a whale that remain after the blubber has been removed, especially the flesh and organs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch kreng (“a carcass”), from Middle Dutch crenge (“carrion, carcass”), compare with Old English cringan (“to fall, yield, cringe”). Cognate with Danish kreng (“a carcass”).
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.
KRANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KRANG starts with K and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KRANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KRANG?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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