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ORANGUTANS
Definition of ORANGUTANS
noun
plural of orangutan
noun
An arboreal ape, characterised by its shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, of the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.
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Word DNA
ORANGUTANS inherits its ancestry from its root, ORANGUTAN.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (238)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORANGUTAN · 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.
ORANGUTANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORANGUTANS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGNNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Could you have found ORANGUTANS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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