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TANGY

/ˈtæŋiː/5 letters

Definition of TANGY

adjective

Having a sharp, pungent flavor.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From tang + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, TANGY · 1 relative in the game

TANGIES

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TANGY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 30 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
30
Boards found on
7
First board
152
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

TANGY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TANGY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found TANGY?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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