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PAKTONG
Definition of PAKTONG
noun
An alloy of zinc, copper and nickel, closely resembling silver, of Chinese origin; any of a number of similar alloys developed in imitation of the Chinese product.
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Where it comes from
Anglicisation of Cantonese 白銅／白铜 (baak6 tung4, “white copper”).
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.
PAKTONG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAKTONG starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGKNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PAKTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAKTONG?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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