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THONG
Definition of THONG
noun
A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English thong, thwong, thwang, from Old English þwong, þwang (“thong, band, strap, cord, strip of leather; phylactery”), from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to squeeze, press, pressure”). Cognate with Scots thwang, thwayng, thang (“thong”), Middle Low German dwenge (“clamp, jaws, steel-trap”), German Zwinge (“vise, clamp”), Danish tvinge (“clamp”), dialectal Norwegian tveng (“shoestrap, shoelace”), Swedish tving (“clamp”), Icelandic þvengur (“strap, thong, latchet”).
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.
THONG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THONG starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THONG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found THONG?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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