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TONGERS
Definition of TONGERS
noun
plural of tonger
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Word DNA
TONGERS inherits its ancestry from its root, TONG.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, TONG · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old Norse, Sanskrit.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TONGERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TONGERS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found TONGERS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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