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TANKAS
Definition of TANKAS
noun
plural of tanka
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Word DNA
TANKAS inherits its ancestry from its root, TANKA.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations 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
Same root, TANKA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TANKAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TANKAS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAKNST - 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 60
Could you have found TANKAS?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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