The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PANGAS
Definition of PANGAS
noun
plural of panga
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Word DNA
PANGAS inherits its ancestry from its root, PANGA.
Line of descent
- Swahili
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
52nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (29)
branch · 0% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PANGA · 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.
PANGAS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 140 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANGAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGNPS - 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.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found PANGAS?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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