The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PINGO
Definition of PINGO
noun
A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Greenlandic pingu or Inuktitut pingu (“hummock, small hill”).
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.
PINGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PINGO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GINOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PINGO?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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