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PONGEE
Definition of PONGEE
noun
A soft unbleached silk, from China or India, from silkworms that feed on oak leaves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 本機／本机 (běnjī, literally “one’s own loom; home-woven; homemade”).
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.
PONGEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONGEE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PONGEE?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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