The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PONGEES
Definition of PONGEES
noun
plural of pongee
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Word DNA
PONGEES inherits its ancestry from its root, PONGEE.
Line of descent
- Mandarin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (85)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PONGEE · 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.
PONGEES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONGEES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PONGEES?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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