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TANGRAM
Definition of TANGRAM
noun
A Chinese puzzle made of a square that is cut up into different triangular pieces which can then be reassembled to make designs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly from Mandarin 唐 (táng, “of the Tang dynasty, by extension, Chinese”) + -gram.
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 (81)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TANGRAM · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Chinese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TANGRAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TANGRAM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AAGMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found TANGRAM?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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