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SHANTUNG
Definition of SHANTUNG
noun
A type of Chinese silk, originally undyed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (41)
branch · 0.4% 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.
SHANTUNG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHANTUNG starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHNNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start SHANTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHANTUNG?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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