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PANG
Definition of PANG
noun
A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
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Where it comes from
The origin of the noun is uncertain; it is possibly derived from Middle English *pange, perhaps an altered form of prange, prōnge (“affliction, agony, pain; pointed instrument”) as in prongys of deth (“pangs of death, death throes”), from Anglo-Latin pronga, of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with Middle Dutch prange, pranghe (“instrument for pinching”) (modern Dutch prang (“horse restraint; fetter, neck iron”)), Middle Low German prange (“pole, stake; (possibly) kind of pillory or stocks”), Old English pyngan (“to prick”). The word may thus be related to prong. The verb is derived from the noun.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PANG starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PANG?
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.
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