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RENGA
Definition of RENGA
noun
A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together, the origin of haikai and haiku.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 連歌 (renga, literally “connected verse”).
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.
RENGA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RENGA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEGNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RENGA?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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