The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PAGODA
Definition of PAGODA
noun
A Hindu temple.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Portuguese pagode (“Hindu temple, Hindu idol, pagoda coin”), from any of various Dravidian languages' words of respectful address to Hindu gods and idols and their temples, including Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti, “Durga temple”), Kannada, and Tamil பகவதி (pakavati, “Durga, Parvati”), possibly corrupted under the influence of Portuguese pagão (“pagan”), all ultimately from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, “Holy One, used for goddesses”). Previously but mistakenly connected with various other languages from Persia to China.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- Malay
- Portuguese
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (775)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAGODA · 3 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.
PAGODA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PAGODA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADGOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PAGODA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PAGODA?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER