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LONGANS
Definition of LONGANS
noun
plural of longan
noun
An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
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Word DNA
LONGANS inherits its ancestry from its root, LONGAN.
Line of descent
- Cantonese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
50th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (38)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LONGAN · 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.
LONGANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
LONGANS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGLNNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start LONGAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LONGANS?
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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