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PADANG
Definition of PADANG
noun
Malaysian grassland
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Malay padang.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (218)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PADANG · 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.
PADANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PADANG starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AADGNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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.
Could you have found PADANG?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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