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PONGA
Definition of PONGA
noun
A medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand, of species Alsophila tricolor (syns .Alsophila dealbata, Cyathea dealbata et al.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori ponga.
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.
PONGA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONGA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PONGA?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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