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NGOMA
Definition of NGOMA
noun
A large social dancing event in parts of Africa.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Swahili ngoma (“dance”), from Proto-Bantu *ngòmà.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Swahili
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
52nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (30)
branch · 0% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NGOMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 102, 30 August 2026.
Built from these letters
NGOMA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGMNO - 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.
Could you have found NGOMA?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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