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LUNGEE
Definition of LUNGEE
noun
Alternative form of lungi.
noun
A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
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Word DNA
LUNGEE inherits its ancestry from its root, LUNGI.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (73)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUNGI · 5 relatives 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.
LUNGEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 69 days.
First found by a player on Day 94, 22 August 2026.
Built from these letters
LUNGEE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LUNGEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUNGEE?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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