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PARANG
Definition of PARANG
noun
A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Malay parang.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (86)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARANG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 127, 24 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PARANG starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AAGNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found PARANG?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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