The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MONGO
Definition of MONGO
noun
Still-usable things salvaged (by sanmen) from garbage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown
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.
MONGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MONGO starts with M and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MONGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found MONGO?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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