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PORTAGUES
Definition of PORTAGUES
noun
plural of portague
PORTAGUE
noun
An old Portuguese gold coin from the 16th century; the português
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Word DNA
PORTAGUES inherits its ancestry from its root, PORTAGUE.
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (272)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PORTAGUE · 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.
PORTAGUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PORTAGUES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PORTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PORTAGUES?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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