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PUNGI
Definition of PUNGI
noun
A wind instrument, traditionally made from a gourd, played by snake charmers in India and Pakistan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi पुंगी (puṅgī).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (364)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PUNGI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PUNGI starts with P and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read GINPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PUNGI?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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